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TUESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10140 July 5, 2016 Ramadan 30, 1437 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Eid al-Fitr Newly-opened bridge begins In brief tomorrow in Qatar PALESTINE | Relief a boon to motorists Gaza receives first omorrow is the fi rst day of Eid Turkish aid shipment The bridge, along with the F-Ring al-Fitr as today is the last day of Turkey’s first shipment of Road, will provide a 14km “free- TRamadan, the Crescent Sight- humanitarian aid bound for the flow highway” without any traff ic ing Committee of the Ministry of En- Gaza Strip reached its destination signals dowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Aff airs yesterday. Turkish consul general announced in Doha yesterday. in Jerusalem Mustafa Sarnic, he opening of a new bridge, ex- “The Crescent Sighting Commit- who arrived in Gaza yesterday, tending from the F-Ring Road tee of the Ministry of Endowments said that the Gaza-bound Turkish Tto Mesaimeer Road, yesterday (Awqaf) and Islamic Aff airs announced container vessel Lady Leyla, has come as a boon for motorists, fa- yesterday evening that Tuesday, July 5, carrying food, clothes, shoes cilitating the free fl ow of traffi c from will be the 30th day of the holy month and toys, was “the first step on Hamad International Airport (HIA) of Ramadan and Wednesday, July 6, the path to lifting the blockade and Al Wakrah towards Doha and will be the fi rst day of Eid al-Fitr,” the imposed on Gaza”. Page 10 back. offi cial Qatar News Agency (QNA) said. “The bridge with the road connect- The committee at its meeting said ed to it will allow smooth movement of the Shawwal crescent could not be ob- BRITAIN | Politics vehicles directly from Al Waab, Salwa served yesterday evening. Ukip leader Road, Bu Hamour and Al Maamoura to The Emiri Diwan announced that Al Thumama, HIA and the Corniche,” HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- steps down the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) mad al-Thani will receive well-wish- The leader of the insurgent right- said. ers on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr at Al wing UK Independence Party said The bridge, along with the F-Ring Ashghal and project off icials at the opening of the new bridge extending from the F-Ring Road to Mesaimeer Road. Wajbah Palace on the fi rst day of the yesterday he was stepping down Road, will provide a 14km “free-fl ow Eid. after realising his ambition to highway” without any traffi c signals, enabling access to this area through Sale Market and Mesaimeer Street. Kuwari and Roads Maintenance De- Eid holidays for ministries and other win a vote for Britain to leave the which will enhance traffi c movement the service road. The Rawdat Al Khail Road project partment manager engineer Yousef government entities and public insti- EU, the latest twist in a dramatic and provides easy access to and from The closed exits of Rawdat Al Kha- includes building an 8km long dual al-Emadi. tutions in Qatar started on Sunday, reshaping of the nation’s politics. vital areas such as HIA, Salwa Road, lfat, Rawdat Al Dabdaba, Al Kharija carriageway road with three lanes in Traffi c Department director Briga- July 3, and would end on Monday, July Page 16 Bu Hamour, Al Maamoura and Al Thu- Street and Al Rabyat Street will be each direction, in addition to building dier Mohamed Saad al-Kharji, Plan- 11. Employees are to resume work on mama. opened. The bridge with the F-Ring six multi-level interchanges, namely: ning and Traffi c Safety head Brigadier Tuesday, July 12. Two temporary extra lanes will be Road extension will make accessing a the East Industrial Interchange, Karwa Mohamed Marafi and Central Mu- The offi cial news agencies of Saudi BANGLADESH | Terrorism available to enable vehicles to take a number of important destinations and Interchange, Barwa Interchange, nicipal Council member for the 10th Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Police probe U-turn onto the F-Ring Road under schools much easier and faster. Barwa Village access Interchange, District Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Bahrain and Kuwait also quoted reli- the bridge to reach Barwa Village, the The new bridge is a vital part of Raw- Woqod Interchange, and Al Jazeera al-khulaifi were also present. gious authorities as saying yesterday attackers Religious Complex, Al Wakrah and the dat Al Khail Road project, which aims to Interchange on the F-Ring Road. Abdullah Dhafer al-Hajri, the fi rst that Eid would begin tomorrow after Bangladesh police yesterday Industrial Area through using the new enhance traffi c fl ow and ease traffi c jam The opening was attended by Ash- Qatari national who passed through failing to sight the moon that marks the sought more information from service road which is approximately in the area. It will also connect the In- ghal president engineer Nasser bin Ali the new bridge right after its opening, start of the three-day festival. friends and family of the men 1km long. dustrial Area with Doha city centre and al-Mawlawi, Infrastructure Aff airs lauded the project and commented on Yemen, Indonesia and the Philip- suspected of carrying out a This is in addition to providing two make it easier to reach Barwa Village director engineer Jalal Yousef al-Sal- its importance in boosting traffi c fl ow, pines are also among the countries deadly attack on a restaurant in lanes to make a U-turn under the and the commercial area. It also con- hi, Expressway Projects Department especially the one coming from HIA which announced tomorrow as the fi rst the capital, and some are believed bridge in front of Al Jazeera Academy, nects the F-Ring Road with the Whole manager engineer Nasser Ghaith al- and Al Wakrah towards Doha. Page 2 day of Eid. Page 2 to have attended top schools and colleges at home and abroad. Page 25

RAMADAN THOUGHT Invoke your Lord with humility Banks to have three working days as Eid holidays and in secret. He likes not the aggressors. And do not do anks and other fi nancial insti- ers’ requirements when they will be Mall, Villaggio, City Center, Land- branches will resume work as per eration teams, which will be available mischief on the earth, after it has tutions governed by the Qatar closed for fi ve consecutive days during mark, Lagoona, Medina Centrale, Gulf regular morning and evening shifts. for customer help round-the-clock, been set in order, and invoke BCentral Bank will have three Eid al-Fitr. Mall will resume work on the second The branches at the malls will be open industry sources said yesterday. Him with fear and hope. Surely, working days as Eid al-Fitr holiday, They have made some arrangements and third day of Eid during evening from Saturday until Thursday from All automated teller machines Allah’s Mercy is (ever) near unto QCB said in a circular yesterday. to serve customers during Eid al-Fitr hours. More details on QNB’s services 9am to 2-30pm and 3-30pm to 9pm (ATMs) would also be under scrutiny the good-doers. (Qur’an 7:55-56) It said the three-day holiday for through various delivery channels. during Eid Al-Fitr can be had from and on Friday from 4pm to 9pm. to ensure they are suffi ciently loaded banks and other fi nancial institutions Qatar’s largest bank QNB informed 44407777. QIB e-channels will be available with cash. Prayer times will be from the fi rst day of Eid al-Fitr, its customers that it will “extend its For customers’ convenience, Qatar round-the-clock through Internet The card team in each bank has been Fajr....3.19 Zuhr....11.38 Asr....3.02 which is tomorrow. banking services” during the Eid holi- Islamic Bank (QIB) announced that banking, QIB mobile banking ap- put on maximum alert in view of the Maghrib.....6.31 Isha.....8.01 Eff ectively, banks and fi nancial in- day to work un-interrupted round- The Gate Mall, Dar Al Salam and City plication, call centre and more than potentially higher use of credit cards stitutions in Qatar will have fi ve days the-clock at the Marriot branch, e- Center branches will open its doors 170 ATMs and cash deposit machines by customers during Eid. Besides as- Fasting times continuous holiday with the weekend. branches at Al Khor Mall and Pearl/ from the evening of the second day of across the country. sisting customers, the teams will also Iftar today ...... 6.31pm Local banks and fi nancial institu- Porto Arabia. Eid as per regular banking hours. Local banks have also organised be on the “lookout for any misuse”, tions have geared up to meet custom- In addition, QNB branches at The After Eid holidays, all the 31 QIB their call centres and posted fi eld op- sources said. Suicide bombings hit three cities in Saudi Arabia

hree suicide bombers struck in rity forces parking lot with at least one Saudi Arabia yesterday in a rare body nearby. Tincidence of multiple attacks in Extremists from the Islamic State the kingdom. There were no immediate (IS) claimed, or were blamed for, a sui- claims of responsibility. cide bombing in Baghdad on Sunday The latest explosion occurred near that killed more than 200 people as well the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, as other attacks in Bangladesh and at Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. reported. At about the same time as the Madi- Other blasts occurred in the Red Sea nah blast, another bomber killed him- city of Jeddah near the US consulate self in Qatif, residents there said. and in Qatif on the other side of the “Suicide bomber for sure. I can see country. the body” torn apart, said one witness The interior ministry said two secu- to the attack in Qatif. Saudi policemen standing guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up rity offi cers were wounded in the Jed- Nasima al-Sada, another resident, in the early hours of yesterday near the American consulate in Jeddah. dah bombing. told AFP that “one bomber blew him- Residents of Qatif said only the self up near the mosque” in downtown them was from a car parked outside the failed to explode (were) found in the vi- bomber died in that attack, blowing his Qatif on the Gulf coast. No bystanders mosque and in which there was a man cinity of the site”. body apart near a mosque. were hurt, she said. who was, unusually, not joining the The American embassy in Riyadh re- Al-Arabiya said the Madinah inci- Another witness, who gave his name prayer,” Ayman said. ported no injuries among US consulate dent occurred during sunset prayers. It only as Ayman, told AFP there were two Yesterday’s fi rst bombing, near the staff . showed images of fi re raging in a secu- explosions near the mosque. “One of US consulate in Jeddah, was carried The interior ministry said security out not by a Saudi but by a “resident personnel became suspicious of the Qatar condemns explosions foreigner”, General Mansour al-Turki, man near the parking lot of a hospital the interior ministry spokesman, told which is across from the US diplomatic Qatar has condemned the explosions Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. Qatar Al-Arabiya. mission. that took place in Saudi Arabia yesterday. highlighted the kingdom’s leading role in the Turki told state Al-Ekhbaria news When they moved in to investigate The Ministry of Foreign Aff airs stressed region, particularly in counter-terrorism. The channel that the suspect, in his 30s, at around 2:15am local time, the man its condemnation of “those criminal acts statement stressed “Qatar’s support to all was closer to a mosque in the area than “blew himself up with a suicide belt”, that contradict all humanitarian, moral and measures the kingdom will take to preserve to the American consulate. the ministry said. Islamic values”. The Ministry expressed its peace and stability. The ministry conveyed “Investigations (are) ongoing to fi nd A picture carried by the Sabq online “Qatar’s support to the Kingdom of Saudi Qatar’s condolences to the people of Saudi out the goals and motives of the bomb- newspaper showed a large body part Arabia as the latter faces these crimes com- Arabia and the families of the victims, wishing er,” said Turki. lying on the ground between a taxi and mitted against innocent people”, the off icial the injured a speedy recovery. He also said on the news channel’s the open door of another car that was Twitter account that “devices that peppered with holes. Smoke rising from the suicide bomb attack site in Madinah yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 QATAR

Emir to receive well-wishers on first day of Eid

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Ooredoo holds Ramadan events Hamad al-Thani will receive well- wishers on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, at Al Wajbah Palace on the first day of Eid, the Emiri Diwan announced yesterday. Immediately after the Eid prayer in Mena region, Southeast Asia until 6:30am, the Emir will receive sheikhs, ministers, the Speaker oredoo companies or- In Iraq, Asiacell, an Oore- of the Advisory (Shura) Council, ganised a series of chari- doo company, has launched a ministries’ undersecretaries, Otable and community national CSR project to collect members of the Shura Council initiatives in support of the spirit clothing for children in orphan- and citizens. of Ramadan across the Middle ages across the country. The From 6:30am to 6:45am the East, North Africa and South- clothing will be distributed over Emir will receive heads of east Asia in June. the Eid holiday, providing new diplomatic missions. The diverse range of campaigns clothing for children without From 6:45am to 7am, the Emir and initiatives shared the core families. will receive the armed forces and theme of building closer connec- In Palestine, Wataniya Mobile police off icers as well as directors tions, between communities and organised a range of Ramadan of departments and national between people and their faith. activities, including distribut- institutions. This key theme was highlighted ing packs at Al Aqsa Mosque to The Emir will also receive by Ooredoo’s “Closer Connec- everyone heading from the West immediately after the Asr tions” Ramadan TVC, which has Bank to perform Friday prayers (afternoon) prayer to 4:15pm been seen by more than 4.3mn on the fi rst Friday of Ramadan. sheikhs and citizens. people on global video-sharing The company also equipped an website YouTube, the company ER tent at Al Aqsa Mosque to Emir receives has said in a statement. provide all fi rst-aid assistance Ooredoo’s Ramadan TVC from trained staff to any visitor phone call from was the fi rst short fi lm created who required it. Turkish president through a collaboration between Ooredoo Oman began its 12th Ooredoo Group, Ooredoo Qatar, Ooredoo Goodwill Journey on An Iftar tent initiative. Ooredoo Kuwait and Ooredoo June 12, receiving a warm send- HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Oman. Featuring inspirational off from crowds of well-wish- a signifi cant donation to the In- bin Hamad al-Thani received people from the three countries, ers as it set out on its annual ternational Digital Braille Qur’an a telephone call from Turkish the #CloserConnections cam- 2,000km voyage of community Foundation at ceremony held on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paign focuses on the bond that support. Starting out from Sala- the fi rst day of the holy month. yesterday. everybody feels – both with each lah in the governorate of Dhofar, a In addition, Ooredoo donated Discussions during the call dealt other and with their religion – team of 22 goodwill ambassadors $10,000 to the House of Atman- with bilateral ties and means during the holy month. travelled to Shlaeem and Hallani- to’s Internet Foundation, which to promote them, in addition Sheikh Saud bin Nasser al- yat islands, Al Jazir, Mudhiabi, provides training and develop- to regional and international Thani, Group CEO of Ooredoo, Sur, Bowsher and Qurayyat be- ment for people in need. developments. said: “The whole Ooredoo fam- fore the fi nal stop on June 26. Further, Ooredoo donated ily comes together to help people school kits and funding for fi ve Qatari leaders across our communities during “The whole Ooredoo orphanages and for a number of the holy month, and this year has family comes together foundations that help the desti- greet Obama on US seen a wave of volunteers work- to help people across tute in Indonesia. Independence Day ing on projects that deliver real our communities during As well as charity and com- benefi ts.” the holy month, and this munity campaigns, Ooredoo has HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim In Qatar, volunteers have par- year has seen a wave of released a range of innovative bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the ticipated in a range of activities volunteers working on Islamic content during the holy Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah designed to reach out across the projects that deliver real month. bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the community, including volunteer benefi ts” In the Maldives, Ooredoo cus- Prime Minister and Minister of visits to Qatar Foundation for tomers could benefi t from free Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Elderly Care, Hamad hospital and During the journey, volun- prayer alerts, free Qur’an trans- Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre, teers donated essential equip- lations and free hadith available Water and dates distribution, along with Alrabaa in Doha. sent cables of congratulations to and a programme to distribute ment, supplies and educational on their phones. In addition, US President Barack Obama on Iftar packs to people breaking materials to local organisations customers were able to subscribe the anniversary of his country’s their fast at Woqod petrol sta- and associations to help support to free religious quotes via SMS Independence Day. tions across the country. education and entrepreneur- as part of the service. There has also been a spirit of ship opportunities for women Ooredoo Tunisia chose to volunteering in Kuwait, which and young people. In addition, connect people, in order to inno- Emir holds phone saw the launch of the second the volunteers held a variety of vate and share new experiences, talks with edition of Ooredoo’s volunteer events to celebrate the spirit of launching a dedicated free Ram- programme in co-operation Ramadan. adan app that provide exclusive Moroccan king with Spread the Passion, a lo- Ooredoo Algeria sponsored Islamic content and by off ering cal non-profi t organisation for three Ramadan tents in prov- “Kadonet”, a new service that HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim young people. inces across the country to en- enables customers to purchase bin Hamad al-Thani received The training programme has able people to break their fast in data bundles for other users. a telephone call from King included workshops and train- comfort. In addition, the com- Wataniya Mobile launched a Mohamed VI of Morocco on ing camps. In addition, vol- pany organised a programme of special “Top-Up and Win” cam- Sunday evening. unteers from Ooredoo Kuwait hospital visits where volunteers paign in Palestine to mark the The Emir and King Mohamed have distributed more than went to cheer up sick children. holy month. The campaign gave VI reviewed bilateral ties 17,000 Iftar meals during the Ooredoo also conducted Ram- customers the chance to win in- between Qatar and Morocco and holy month through a distribu- adan activities in Indonesia this stant prizes when they topped aspects of enhancing them and tion centre at its headquarters year, where Waleed al-Sayed, up and when they received and discussed issues of common and a special tent. deputy CEO of Ooredoo, made made calls. Donation in Indonesia. concern.

Key link Al Thumama junction to be closed for 36 hours

he Public Works Author- ity (Ashghal) has an- Tnounced that it will im- plement a full closure of the Al Thumama junction for 36 hours this weekend. The closure, to be carried out in co-ordination with the Traffi c Department, will last from mid- night on Thursday until Satur- day noon, Ashghal has said in a statement. During this period, traffi c will be diverted to surround- ing streets, as shown on the at- tached map. The closure will facilitate the laying of the fi nal layer of asphalt at the junction, which is part of the E-Ring and Najma roads development project. Motorists travelling on Najma Street Extension Road have been advised to take F-Ring Road or Al Matar Street, instead of con- tinuing straight on Najma Street The new bridge extending towards the Al Thumama junc- road signs to advise motorists of ers to abide by speed limits and from F-Ring Road to tion. the closure. follow road signs to ensure the Mesaimeer Road, which was Ashghal has said it will install It has requested all road us- safety of every road user. opened yesterday, is expected to boost connectivity from Hamad International Airport and Al Wakrah to diff erent parts of Doha, including Al Waab, Salwa Road, Abu Barwa Real Estate Q2 profi t nearly trebles Hamour and Al Maamoura. The bridge, along with F-Ring Road, will provide a 14km Reuters according to Reuters calcula- riod, Reuters data shows. Barwa “free-flow highway” Dubai tions. made a net profi t of QR1.20bn without any traff ic signals. The Barwa made a net profi t of in the fi rst half of 2016, com- map above shows the areas QR550mn ($151.1mn) in the three pared with QR3.45bn in the cor- through which the bridge atar’s Barwa Real Es- months to June 30, Reuters cal- responding period of last year, a passes, while the picture on tate, one of the Gulf culated based on previous fi nan- bourse statement showed. the right gives a view of Abu QArab state’s largest cial statements in the absence of Qatari Diar, a real estate-fo- Hamour from the flyover. listed developers, reported a quarterly breakdown. cused unit of sovereign wealth PICTURE: Shaji Kayamkulam a near-trebling of second- This compares with a profi t of fund the Qatar Investment Au- quarter net profi t yesterday, QR193mn in the prior-year pe- thority, owns 45% of Barwa. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 3 QATAR

Public Prosecution staff er held for disclosing secrets

QNA and published it on social media Doha in violation of the provisions of the law. The statement quoted the At- n employee of Public torney General as saying that Prosecution has been ar- the crime was a serious one and Arested on the orders of warning that any employee, HE the Attorney General Dr Ali whether in the public sector or bin Fetais al-Marri for disclosing the private sector, who pub- secrets relating to an ongoing in- lishes/divulges any classifi ed of- vestigation. fi cial information or documents The Public Prosecution said entrusted to him or her, shall be in a statement that the employee liable for prosecution in accord- had fi lmed a document related to ance with Article 332 of the Pe- a legal case under investigation nal Code.

Fun time Dr Patrick Sheehan One of the ENT clinics at Sidra. PICTURES: Nasar T K Sidra to provide audiology services from this month

Joseph Varghese necessary,” Dr Patrick Sheehan, “We have special expertise to provide truly holistic care. must undergo common ENT Staff Reporter chief of the department told Gulf in the management of children He said: “These will include procedures but also have medi- Times. with upper airway problems special needs clinic for chil- cal conditions that may increase The ENT team at Sidra focuses and congenital malformations dren with special or learning anaesthetic risk. Sidra will have idra’s ENT Outpatient on managing children including of head and neck structures.We difficulties; joint cranio-fa- dedicated paediatric anaesthet- Clinic is providing audi- very young children and babies work closely with our paediat- cial clinic with Department of ists for children. Currently all Sology services from this with hearing problems as well ric, craniofacial and neonatal Plastic/Craniofacial Surgery, paediatric surgeries are con- month which will attend to as those with learning diffi cul- intensive care colleagues to look Department of Ophthalmol- ducted at Hamad General Hos- children with complex hearing ties. According to the offi cial, after ENT, head, neck and airway ogy and other allied health col- pital. problems. the ENT team is focused and related problems in seriously ill leagues as well as joint ENT/ The Sidra Outpatient clin- “Sidra’s audiology service is committed to providing a child- children. The team at Sidra will Voice clinic with speech and ics see children and women launched from this month. Our and family-centred approach to also specialise in provision of language therapists and others. who are referred from Hamad plan is to create a “one visit clin- treatment. dedicated hearing implant sur- We will provide a tongue-tie Medical Corporation as well as ic” that will also handle hearing The clinic also features Pae- gery for children, for example release service for breast-feed- Primary Health Care Corpora- assessment referrals from within diatric Otolaryngology services, bone anchored hearing aids,” ex- ing mothers in our lactation tion. The ENT Out Patient de- our clinics at Sidra. A patient which provides medical and sur- plained Dr Sheehan. clinics. We will also have a ded- partment that was opened on who comes in for an ENT or oth- gical treatment to children with According to Dr Shee- icated paediatric tracheostomy June 5, currently operates five er speciality consultation will disorders of the ears, nose and han, the ENT clinic will work care team”. days a week, with plans to in- A girl enjoying a Ramadan evening at Souq Waqif. also be able to see an audiology throat as well as head and neck closely with several multidis- Dr Sheehan said that the team crease the number as demand PICTURE: Jayan Orma specialist during the same visit if conditions. ciplinary clinics and services will also manage children who increases. Gulf Times 4 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 QATAR

Rota volunteers alongside the thank you packages. Volunteerism spirit propels Rota’s Ramadan project

ver the last month, poverty-stricken countries, the workers; it’s because of ister the volunteers and as- Reach Out To Asia or areas aff ected by war or them that we are where we sign them their daily tasks.” O(Rota), a member of natural disasters, and off ers are as a country.” Volunteering does not only Qatar Foundation for Edu- support to local communi- “It’s very important to help to strengthen commu- cation, Science and Com- ties, placing emphasis on help the community; it re- nities, the rewards are mani- munity Development (QF), providing quality education. minds us we are human and fold. By making a diff erence in has been hosting its annual Ahmed Allenjawi, who that we need to help and someone’s life, volunteering Ramadan 2016 project – ‘10 took part in this year’s Ram- support one another,” Al- promotes personal and pro- Years of Service’. The initia- adan project said, “My day lenjawi added. “I always fessional development, off ers tive, which featured activi- as a volunteer starts around think, ‘try and put yourself the opportunity to learn or ties such as Iftars and distri- 5pm and ends around 10pm. in someone else’s position’. develop new skills, helps to bution of groceries, aims to I was greatly moved af- As a Muslim, volunteering connect individuals, and af- support construction work- ter taking part in the food in Ramadan is especially fords the chance to try new ers, the elderly, and other distribution activities; the important to me. Helping and exciting experiences. local groups in Qatar. sense of achievement was others and helping my com- Volunteers give freely Rota’s Ramadan cam- extraordinary. Around 30 munity, especially those in of their time and expertise paign is part of a multifac- volunteers gathered and need, is very satisfying. You in order to make a diff er- eted programme, which packed diff erent food items forget all your own prob- ence. Discussing the kind strives to promote a spirit into boxes. During one of lems when you see others of men and women who of volunteerism and foster the Ramadan activities, we struggling to make a living.” make good volunteers, Jbara responsible global citizens met around 4pm and took Hamad Saad Abu Jbara, said: “They are people who within Qatar. Rota not only a bus to Al Shamal, where another local volunteer, also take the initiative, who like endeavours to help those in we were briefed. After that, took part in this year’s Ram- to meet likeminded indi- need locally, its impact can we prepared tables, prayed, adan project said, “My day viduals, and who are keen be felt on the international ate, and then played football during Ramadan started af- on giving others a chance stage too. The organisation and volleyball. We hugely ter Asr prayer, when I went to develop and to improve regularly organises trips to appreciate the eff orts of to Msheireb Mosque to reg- their living standards.”

Gulf Times 6 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 QATAR Qatar expatriates now look beyond home for vacations By Joey Aguilar creasing every year, particularly ties” have failed to stop people rope. “I fi nd it fulfi lling to take holidays such as Eid al-Fitr and A female employee at a pub- some expatriates such as Fili- Staff Reporter during peak seasons such as from vacationing, citing an in- my wife and children to touris- Eid al-Adha, he observed that lic relations fi rm told Gulf Times pinos have also been frequently Eid.” crease in their travel bookings tic places, and you get a chance many expatriates travel to near- that she visits her country “eve- travelling to Europe and the US He noted that some of their (for expatriates) to Europe, the to see relatives and friends again by countries or stay in some ho- ry now and then” but only for a to spend their month-long holi- any expatriates in Qatar customers found it “practi- US and Southeast Asia. in person after so many years,” tel in Qatar — a trend known as short period. days. now prefer visiting dif- cal and worth it” to visit other However, he admitted that he said. “staycationing.” She usually travels to Europe He noted that this has Mferent countries during places instead of spending the travel bookings from many com- With some countries easing “In my case, that is the time and other Asian countries with prompted them to come up their vacation instead of spend- entire vacation in their home panies in Doha had signifi cantly visa requirements for Qatar resi- when I visit India, to relax and friends as it is not advisable to with special packages and pro- ing it in their native places, a countries. decreased this year as compared dents, he said many expatriates meet old friends, former class- stay longer in her home country, motions, with cheaper rates number of travel agencies have According to the travel agent, to previous years. like him take advantage of this mates and colleagues,” he add- which is currently facing terror for air tickets and accommoda- told Gulf Times. people also spend less abroad if An Indian expatriate who fre- opportunity. ed. threats. tion. “It is becoming a trend here they have families, relatives and quently travels to various des- He pointed out that even his For some expatriates, es- “It is always better for us to Still, he said, many Filipino simply because a lot of expatri- friends in their countries of des- tinations with his family said friends and peers who work in pecially those who come from spend our 21-day vacation else- expatriates travel to the Philip- ates have the means to travel,” an tination. he normally spends his annual other sectors (banking and oil & countries facing internal con- where or just stay here to save pines in December to celebrate agent said. He believes the “oil price leave in diff erent states in the gas) spend their holidays outside fl icts, vacationing in other plac- more money,” she stressed. special holidays and occasions “The numbers have been in- slowdown and some uncertain- US, as well as Canada and Eu- their home countries. For short es provide a big relief. Another travel agent said with families and relatives. Call for improved cooling as fresh goods feel the heat

ontinued exposure to the summer heat is to sources. While local regulations require vegeta- causing damage to huge quantities of fruits bles and fruits to be stored in places with proper Cand vegetables at the wholesale market in cooling facilities, the dearth of such conditions at Doha, it is learnt. the market is taking a toll on the stocks, the sources Sources told Gulf Times that fruits and vegeta- explained. This exposure causes damage — some- bles sometimes remain exposed to hot and sultry times considerable — to the stocks during the sum- conditions for hours, which makes them go bad and mer, they added. become unsuitable for sale. Some regular visitors to the market feel whole- Many goods, including perishables, arrive at the salers are “compelled” to raise the prices of the re- wholesale market by truck from neighbouring Gulf maining stocks to make up for the loss they suff er and Arab states around noon. They are often left when vegetables and fruits rot in the heat. in hot conditions for several hours before retailers Many customers, too, have stressed the need for come to collect them late in the evening, according better facilities at the market. Lack of proper cooling facilities is a cause for concern at the wholesale market. PICTURE: Jayan Orma

Gulf Times 8 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 QATAR Court reviewing case of suspects in QR1.2mn robbery

Doha Criminal Court pany’s employee who was without the number plates has been review- driving to stop it. with a clear indication of a Aing the case of four They then grabbed a bag heavy crash. Pakistani men accused of containing QR1.2mn and The owner of the car was stealing QR1.2mn from a lo- fl ed. located with the help of the cal exchange company, local Investigations revealed chassis number. Arabic daily Arrayah report- that the car used by the de- One of the defendants, ed yesterday. fendants in the crime car- who turned out to be the The defendants are ac- ried number plates stolen owner of the car, was arrest- cused of conspiring and from another vehicle, which ed while trying to leave Qatar executing a road accident had been reported earlier. through the airport with a involving a vehicle of the ex- The car used by the de- bag containing QR440,900. change company to steal the fendants was traced by Upon interrogation, he money. reviewing the recordings led the police to the other According to the fi le of of the street surveillance three accomplices, who the case, they crashed their cameras of the area where confessed to their involve- A delegate speaks at the ‘Founder Stories’ session at EdTechXEurope 2016 in London. car into the vehicle of the the crime took place and the ment in the crime. exchange in the Industrial road leading to and out of it. The case is still being Area and forced the com- The car was abandoned heard by the court. WISE hosts sessions on skills development he World Innovation Development Opportuni- technology companies are The speakers shared their and Leonora Dowley, coun- Summit for Educa- ties.’ on the rise, connecting experiences around dig- try director for the Varkey Ttion (WISE) recently The event aimed to raise learners with appropriate, ital badging in transforming Foundation in Ghana. partnered with EdTechX- awareness of employers’ timely content, and provid- how we measure achieve- The speakers shared their Global to host a series of needs when fi lling jobs that ing businesses with access ment and demonstrate inspiring and personal en- sessions at the EdTechXEu- require technical as well as to ample, well-equipped competencies. trepreneurial journeys, rope 2016 summit in Lon- soft skills in communica- personnel. They discussed how big highlighting their chal- don. tion and critical thinking. The panellists included data and stronger links be- lenges and unique visions in EdTechXEurope brings Formal education sys- Charles Hardy, strategic tween talent and learning education. together the interna- tems face challenges when consultant at LinkedIn; platforms enable personal- Stavros N Yiannouka, tional EdTech community training for such hybrid Khalid Alkhudair, founder ised learning. CEO, WISE, commented: and showcases inno- jobs and when addressing and CEO of Glowork, a The second session, en- “WISE and the WISE Ac- vations and perspec- the needs of the changing Saudi Arabia-based WISE titled ‘The Founder Stories,’ celerator Programme sup- tives from around the workplace. Awards fi nalist project sup- featured short presenta- port and promote innova- world. The session recognised porting women’s employ- tions from four leaders of tive education enterprises In collaboration with that technology alone is not ment; and Barbara Schack, EdTech start-ups currently that help build a better fu- LinkedIn, WISE, part of the solution to this skills Libraries Without Borders. being supported by the ture for all. These dynamic Qatar Foundation for Edu- gap, and that learning tech- They discussed how WISE Accelerator Pro- start-ups have demon- cation, Science and Com- nologies are helping fu- learning management sys- gramme. strated their added value to munity Development (QF), ture workers gain the skills tems and massive open on- These included Aldo de technology in education, organised a session entitled needed. line courses have opened Pape of TeachPitch, Jo Bes- and WISE is committed to ‘21st Century Workforce: Partnerships between doors to lifelong learning ford of Green Shoots, Diana helping them consolidate Refi ning Skills and Talent education institutions and and on-the-job training. al-Dajani of eduTechnoz, and reach even further.”

Ford launches 2016 Environmental Grants Programme

he Ford Motor Com- This year, Ford is award- vironment have been invit- In the past 15 years, the The grants programme pany Conservation ing a total of $120,000, the ed to apply for funding via grants programme has has received support from Tand Environmental highest total grant amount www.me.ford.com from helped grassroots-level various government and Grants Programme is now to be awarded in its his- July 10 until August 21. projects dedicated to en- non-government environ- accepting applications for tory, the company said in a The ongoing projects vironmental causes in the mental authorities from the 16th edition of the ini- statement. must be located in Qatar, GCC and Levant, and in around the Middle East, tiative, seeking to provide Individuals or organisa- Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, 2015 the programme was including Unesco Doha, funding to ongoing envi- tions with ongoing projects Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Leb- expanded to include North World Wide Fund for Na- ronmental projects in the focused on conservation anon, Morocco, Oman, Africa, the statement said. ture, Emirates Wildlife So- Middle East and North Af- engineering, environmen- Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the “From personal advoca- ciety and Arab Forum for rica (Mena) region. tal education or natural en- UAE or Yemen. cy to wider, more organised Environment & Develop- groups, we are witnessing ment. a rise in action among the Winners are chosen by communities to embrace an independent panel of the cause of the environ- judges consisting of aca- ment. We are happy to demics and leaders from help sustain these noble regional environmental or- projects and encourage the ganisations. public and NGOs to apply,” They look for initiatives said Jacques Brent, presi- that demonstrate a well- dent, Ford Middle East & defi ned sense of purpose, a Africa. commitment to maximis- Nearly $1.5mn has been ing available resources and provided since 2000 to a reputation for meeting help fund a total of 194 objectives and delivering projects in the Mena re- planned programmes and gion, the statement added. services.

Envoy conveys Eid greetings

ndian ambassador San- length and breadth of the jiv Arora has conveyed country. IEid al-Fitr greetings to “Eid Milan gatherings the people of Qatar and the are ‘Open House’ events Indian community in the for families and friends to country. get together and exchange “My family and col- Eid greetings by hugging leagues join me in convey- one another. Traditional ing our warm greetings food delicacies, including and best wishes to every- sweets such as sewain, are one, especially our Muslim served. brothers and sisters, on the “Elders shower their af- auspicious occasion of Eid fection and blessings on al-Fitr,” the envoy said in a children who are dressed in statement yesterday. colourful attires and receive Arora said India is a mul- Eidi (usually a token mon- ti-religious, multi-cultural etary present on Eid). and multi-lingual coun- “By celebrating the fes- try. Over 170mn Indians tivals of India, we celebrate are Muslims, representing India’s rich civilisational 14.2% of India’s population and cultural ethos, her plu- of over 1.2bn. ralism and her unity in di- “Eid al-Fitr is a major versity. festival of India, and is cel- “We look forward to ebrated with great joy and joining the festivities and enthusiasm. Eid prayers are celebrations of Eid al-Fitr,” held at mosques across the Arora said. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 9 REGION/ARAB WORLD Kuwait security agencies foil IS plots, arrest terrorists

QNA security agencies arrested IS IS leading fi gure abroad and security agencies managed to Iraqi border, the statement said. the death of his brother Abdul- off ered the logistical support to Kuwait member Talal Naif Raja, a Ku- planned to execute the scheme at arrest abroad and bring back Omar confessed that he has lah and travelled along with his several terrorist operations. waiti national born in 1998, who the end of the holy month of Ra- home terrorist Ali Mohamed joined the IS militant group af- mother to Raqqa in Syria where In the third operation, the was planning to carry out several madan or during the fi rst days of Omar, a Kuwaiti national born in ter upon incitement from his they joined the terrorist group. security agencies busted a four- uwait security agencies terrorist bombing operations Eid al-Fitr, due to start tomorrow. 1988, his terrorist mother Hessa mother who also incited his old- He added that the group as- member IS cell in Kuwait. have carried out three against a Jaafari mosque in Ha- Raja noted that he was or- Abdullah Mohamed and a Ku- er brother Abdullah, a Kuwaiti signed him to be in charge of The statement noted that Kpre-emptive operations wali Governorate and a Ministry dered to come in person or send waiti national born in 1964 and national born in 1991, to join the operating oil and gas fi elds there three of the cell members were in Kuwait and abroad that led of Interior’s facility. a young recruit, unknown to his son from a Syrian wife. terrorist group. and his was educating IS mem- arrested, two nationals, namely to thwarting a number of Is- After his arrest, Raja provided security people, to receive the After repeated attempts, the He added that his brother Ab- bers’ wives and children and Mubarak Fahad Mubarak, born lamic State group plots target- detailed information to the se- explosive belt, others explosives Kuwaiti security agencies suc- dullah was killed in terrorist bat- incite psychologically and ideo- in 1994 and Abdullah Mubarak ing Kuwait and arresting several curity agencies about his plots. or to purchase a rifl e or machine ceeded in busting them and tle in Iraq. logically to adopt terrorism. Mohamed, who was born in 1992 IS members, the offi cial KUNA He admitted that he has sworn gun to use in the terrorist opera- bringing them back despite the He unveiled that he left Brit- The statement pointed out that and works in the Ministry of In- news agency reported. allegiance to IS group and has tions in Kuwait. intensity of the terrorist opera- ain, where he was studying the arrested terrorists had admit- terior, and an unnamed citizen of In the fi rst operation, the received instructions from an In the second operation, the tions in the area on the Syrian- petroleum engineering, after ted that they have supervised and an Asian country.

Eid shopping in Gaza Fury as Iraqis mourn 200 dead in Baghdad blast

AFP families of the martyrs, who fell in this IS claimed the attack in a statement Baghdad place because of the failed govern- saying it was carried out by an Iraqi as ment”. part of “ongoing security operations”. As Iraq marked three days of na- Bombings in the capital have de- raqis yesterday mourned more tional mourning, security and medical creased since IS overran large areas than 200 people killed in a Bagh- offi cials said the number of dead from north and west of Baghdad in June Idad suicide bombing claimed by the attack had risen to at least 213. 2014, with the militants apparently the Islamic State militant group and More than 200 were wounded, they tied down by operations elsewhere. accused the government of not doing said. But the group has struck back enough to protect them. Iraq’s justice ministry announced against Iraqi civilians after suff ering Baghdad, apparently seeking to the execution yesterday of fi ve con- military setbacks. shore up its image after one of the victs, whose crimes were not specifi ed, With thousands of vehicles moving deadliest ever bombings in Iraq, an- in a statement that linked the timing of in and out of the capital each day, such nounced the execution of fi ve convicts the executions with the Karrada blast. bombings are diffi cult to prevent. and also said it had arrested 40 mili- The ministry said it wanted be- But there are also fl aws in security tants. reaved families to know “that their measures in the city, especially the use The grim search continued for bod- brothers in the justice ministry are of fake bomb detectors at checkpoints ies at the site of the attack that hit the continuing to deliver just punishment years after the man who sold them to Palestinians shop in a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, in the central Gaza upmarket Karrada district early on to those whose hands are stained with Iraq was jailed for fraud in Britain. Strip yesterday. Sunday as it teemed with shoppers the blood of Iraqis”. Abadi announced a series of secu- ahead of this week’s holiday marking Baghdad also said that security rity changes after Sunday’s bombing, the end of the fasting month of Ram- forces had arrested “40 terrorists” including scrapping the fake detec- adan. who were allegedly linked to planned tors. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi an- attacks during Ramadan. He also ordered the installation nounced eff orts to address longstand- In Karrada, a young man lit a can- of scanning devices at entrances to ing security fl aws in Baghdad follow- dle on a staircase leading to the base- Baghdad to be speeded up, instructed ing the blast, which came a week after ment of one charred building, adding security personnel to be banned from Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Fal- to dozens of others left by mourners at using mobile phones at checkpoints, lujah from IS. the site of the bombing, which sparked and called for increased aerial recon- But Iraqis are furious at the govern- infernos in nearby buildings. naissance and coordination among ment’s inability to keep residents safe, Down the stairs, young men dug security forces. even as its forces on the battlefi eld through the ashes using shovels and But soldiers and policemen still car- push back IS outside the capital. their hands, searching for those still ried the fake detectors at some check- “I swear to God, the government missing after the blast. points in central Baghdad yesterday, is a failure,” said a woman who gave Black banners bearing the names of saying the order to stop using them her name as Umm Alaa, who lost her victims – including multiple members had not yet been passed down. apartment in the attack. of some families – hung from burned The bombing came after Iraqi forces IS “tactics are changing. Why does buildings, announcing the dates and completely recaptured Fallujah, a city the Iraqi government have fi xed tac- locations of their funerals. 50km (30 miles) west of Baghdad. tics?” a man asked at the site of the Abadi was met with an angry re- IS’s defeat there was compounded bombing, criticising the government’s sponse when he visited the site on by a devastating series of air strikes “stupid checkpoints” and use of fake Sunday, with one video showing men targeting militant forces as they bomb detectors. throwing rocks at what was said to be sought to fl ee the Fallujah area that of- And Inam al-Zubaidi said she came the premier’s convoy, while a man could fi cials said killed dozens and destroyed to the site to off er condolences to “the be heard cursing him in another clip. hundreds of vehicles.

Saudi intercepts ballistic missile from Yemen

Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile that Yemeni rebels fired towards the kingdom’s southern city of Abha early yesterday, the Riyadh- led coalition fighting the insurgents said. “It was intercepted with no injuries,” the coalition said in a statement, adding that the missile launcher was destroyed by Saudi air defences. It was at least the fourth ballistic missile launched across the border since UN-brokered peace talks began in Kuwait in April between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Fighting has continued despite a formal ceasefire in conjunction with the peace talks. The Houthis, which Saudi Arabia says are backed by Iran, are allied with elite troops loyal to Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. They overran Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014 before moving into other parts of the country, prompting the coalition to intervene with air strikes and other support in March last year. Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missile batteries to counter tactical ballistic missiles which have been fired occasionally during the war. Gulf Times 10 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 ARAB WORLD/RAMADAN After bidding the best farewell to Ramadan ccording to the righteous pred- straight path. Many acts of worship nights, including the Night of Al-Qadr ecessors, “Ramadan is but a mar- should be observed regularly after Ra- out of faith and hope for the reward of Aket which is held (for some time) madan has passed, and performed with Allah The Almighty. Faith and hope and then it is over, in which some gain, care, so that you would be close to the for the reward of Allah The Almighty and others lose.” So, to which party do atmosphere of Ramadan, and to the are necessary conditions for the valid- you belong? Lord of Ramadan throughout the year: ity of religious service at any moment According to Al-Hasan, may Allah Your prayer: First of all, you should (as confi rmed by Allah The Almighty, have mercy upon him, “Allah The Al- perform prayer at its due time, and be what means): {And they were not com- mighty has made Ramadan an arena for confi dent that the most hopeful deed a manded except to worship Allah, [be- His slaves to race to please Him: some Muslim does, which draws him close to ing] sincere to Him in religion, inclining precede and thus win, and others remain Allah The Almighty is to be careful about to truth.} [Qur’an 98:5] So, make your behind and thus lose. Wonder at the one the obligatory duties, as confi rmed by voluntary fasting after Ramadan out of who plays and laughs on the very day Allah The Almighty in a Qudsi Hadith faith and hope for the reward of Allah the doers of good win, and the idle ones (sacred narration): “No servant draws The Almighty, and the same is true of all lose.” near Me with anything dearer to me than your deeds and acts of worship: seeking We are at the end of the month: who (the obligatory duties) which I have en- knowledge, perseverance, spending (in is the one whose deeds are accepted (by joined upon him.” [Al-Bukhari: Saheeh] the way of Allah The Almighty), and so Allah), so that congratulations would The supererogatory deeds: You on. be presented to him, and who is the one should have a daily portion (Wird) of su- Your standing in prayer throughout Palestinians unload Turkish aid shipments upon arrival in the Gaza Strip at Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and deprived (of good) so that he would be pererogatory prayers, fasting and char- the nights of the month, whether alone southern Gaza Strip yesterday. consoled? ity, and others, in order to move from or with an imam, no matter for how The winners always grieve at the the degree of someone who loves Allah long, is an argument against you that elapse of the numbered days of the The Almighty to that of someone who you have the capability of standing for month of Divine gifts, thereby bringing is loved by Allah The Almighty. This is a long time. So, do not neglect standing about hope (for good), for it awakens confi rmed by Allah The Almighty in the in the night prayer during the rest of the their longing to please Allah The Al- Qudsi Hadith (sacred narration): “My year after the month of Ramadan, for it mighty, and regret over negligence with servant continues to draw close to Me is the honor of the faithful believer. So, regard to Allah The Almighty. The faith- with the supererogatory deeds until I do not neglect your honor during the ful believer is always fearful, regardless love him, and once I love him, I Become rest of the year. First Turkish aid of his acts of worship and deeds. his hearing wherewith he hears, and his You guarded, as much as is within It is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah, may Al- sight wherewith he sees…” [Al-Bukhari] your capacity, your heart, mind and lah be pleased with her, asked the Mes- You may begin by observing six body from anything that is unlawful senger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa fasts of Shawwaal, applying the throughout the month of fasting. How- sallam, about the signifi cance of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, ever, the fasting of the body from what statement of Allah The Almighty (what sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam: “Who- is unlawful is not limited by the setting trucks reach Gaza means): {And they who give what they ever fasts Ramadan, followed by six of the sun or the emergence of the new give while their hearts are fearful be- (days) of Shawwaal, is like him who fasts moon of Eid. That is the ordinance of AFP el’s Ashdod port on Sunday after sailing to prevent Hamas from receiving ma- cause they will be returning to their the whole year.” [Al-Albaani: Saheeh] Allah The Almighty to be observed con- Gaza City from Turkey. terials that could be used for military Lord} [Qur’an 23:60]: “O Messenger of The strong rope of Allah The Al- tinually throughout the year (as con- Its contents were unloaded, inspect- purposes. Allah! Are those the ones who commit mighty: Maintain a fi rm relationship fi rmed in His statement what means): ed and sent on to the Hamas-run Gaza But UN offi cials have called for it to theft, adultery, drink alcohol and there- with the Qur’an, since it is the sign of {Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the urkish aid arrived in the Gaza Strip, hit by three wars with Israel since be lifted, citing deteriorating conditions fore feel afraid of Allah?” The Prophet, your closeness to or remoteness from heart - about all those [one] will be Strip yesterday via Israel, after 2008 and under an Israeli blockade. in the territory. sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, said: “No, Allah The Almighty. Do not abandon questioned.} [Qur’an 17:36] Tthe two countries restored ties Youssef Ibrahim, the Hamas dep- Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted AKP daughter of As-Siddeeq. It is rather nor sever your relation with the Qur’an, Give a pledge to Allah The Almighty frozen over a deadly Israeli raid on a uty minister of social aff airs, said the party has friendly ties with Gaza’s Ha- those who pray, fast, and give in char- for it is the rope of Allah The Almighty, to persist in doing acts of worship while Gaza-bound Turkish ship in 2010. 11,000-tonne shipment would be dis- mas rulers, and President Recep Tayyip ity, but, at the same time, feel afraid lest which deprives the slave of all good if it you are at the end of the season of wor- Turkish and Palestinian offi cials wel- tributed to those most in need by his Erdogan has been a vocal supporter of their deeds might not be accepted from is cut off . ship. Your Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alaihi comed 10 truckloads of supplies, in- ministry along with the Turkish and the Palestinian cause. them.” [Al-Albaani: Saheeh] Keep good company: Choose such wa sallam, used to give a pledge to Allah cluding food parcels, toys and children’s Palestinian Red Crescent societies. Turkey and Israel were formerly close This is the state of the obedient per- company that helps you obey Allah The The Almighty to persist in acts of wor- clothing and shoes as they reached the It was due to be the fi rst of many, he regional allies, but fell out in 2010 when son after the elapse of the month of Ra- Almighty, since one always follows the ship, saying in his supplication called impoverished territory in time for the added. Israeli commandos killed 10 Turkish madan. After they have fasted, spent the ways of his friend, and on the Day of “Sayyid Al-Istighfaar” meaning the Eid celebrations tomorrow. “These 10 trucks are part of 400 activists in a raid on a fl otilla seeking to night standing (in prayer), recited the Judgment, friends will be enemies to most superior way of asking for forgive- “These are the fi rst Turkish aid trucks trucks of Turkish aid for Gaza.” run the blockade. Qur’an, and worshipped Allah The Al- each other, except the pious. ness: “O Allah! You are my Lord: there into Gaza,” Mustafa Sarnic, Turkey’s Turkey had initially pushed for a lift- Under the reconciliation deal, Israel mighty, they feel afraid lest their deeds Be a torchbearer of goodness: Be is none worthy of worship but You. You ambassador to the Palestinian Author- ing of Israel’s years-long blockade of will pay $20mn in compensation to the would not be accepted by Allah The Al- concerned with the aff airs of your reli- have created me and I am Your servant: ity, told a press conference near the Ker- Gaza as part of the negotiations to nor- families of those killed. mighty. gion, and endeavour to spread it among I adhere to Your promise and pledge as em Shalom crossing with Israel. malise ties, but Israel rejected this. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu To be constant in obedience is part of the people, and engage in the call to Al- much as is within my capacity...” [Al- “Turkey will continue its eff orts to A compromise was eventually has promoted the economic benefi ts the guidance of the Prophet, sallallaahu lah The Almighty, with your manners, Bukhari] help the residents of the Gaza Strip and reached allowing Turkey to send aid of restoring ties, with talk of building a ‘alaihi wa sallam, who used to supplicate behaviour, and deeds before being a What an extensive favour and an all- to help solve the water and power crisis.” through Ashdod rather than directly to pipeline to Turkey to export Israeli gas, saying: “O (Allah) the turner of hearts: caller with your words. embracing mercy it is to come out of Ra- The Panama-fl agged Lady Leyla the Palestinian enclave. and the need to fi nd allies in the turbu- make my heart fi rm on Your religion.” Just as you received Ramadan with madan with your sins forgiven! So guard container ship docked at southern Isra- Israel says the blockade is necessary lent Middle East. [Al-Albaani: Saheeh] He also urged his acts of worship, bidding farewell (to this that favour, and do not exchange it for Companions, may Allah be pleased with world), bid farewell to it with the same disfavour by returning to disobedience them, to do their religious service con- acts of worship to receive the coming after bidding farewell to Ramadan. stantly, regardless of how little it might months: for all days are the days of Allah Article source: http://www.islamweb. be. He said: “The dearest of deeds to Al- The Almighty, and the Lord of Ramadan net/emainpage/ lah The Almighty is that which is done is the Lord of the entire year. regularly, no matter how little it might You observed the fasts of the month Israel okays hundreds of new be.” [Al-Albaani: Saheeh] out of faith and hope for the reward Therefore, do not deviate from the of Allah The Almighty, and spent its settler homes in West Bank

AFP and Defence Minister Avigdor Lie- reported approvals, which follow calls Jerusalem berman, planning for 560 new Jewish inside Israel for a harsh response to the homes in the large Maale Adumim set- latest spate of Palestinian attacks. tlement east of Jerusalem will be al- Saeb Erekat, secretary general of srael has approved hundreds of new lowed to move forward. the Palestine Liberation Organisation, settler homes in the occupied West The Maale Adumim mayor was in- condemned the new settlement ap- IBank, an offi cial said yesterday. formed of the decision on Sunday provals as well as the Israeli lockdown The approval comes days after a key night, a spokesman for his offi ce said. on the Hebron region. international report warned that Israel’s The settlement founded in 1975 al- “The reason for the continuation settlement expansion and confi scation ready has a population of more than and the diminishing and declining of Palestinian land were eroding the pos- 37,000. prospects for the two-state solution is sibility of a two-state peace settlement. Netanyahu also gave approval for the not incitement. The report from the diplomatic planning of 240 new homes in settle- It is the occupation itself,” Erekat Quartet – the United States, European ment neighbourhoods of annexed east told journalists in the West Bank town Union, United Nations and Russia – Jerusalem, as well as for 600 units for of Ramallah. also called on Palestinians to halt at- Palestinians in the city’s Beit Safafa “A good example, just 24 hours af- tacks and incitement to violence. district, media reported. ter the release of the Quartet report Under the new approval granted by The offi ces of Netanyahu and Lie- (on Friday), the governorate of Hebron Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berman refused to comment on the with its population of around 700,000 people is under total military siege.” Israel razes homes of two Palestinians Hebron has long been a fl ashpoint in the confl ict, with hundreds of Jew- Israeli forces demolished the homes of before they razed the homes of Essa As- ish settlers living under heavy military two Palestinians who were fatally shot saf and Anan Abu Habsa, who were shot guard in the heart of the city among by Israeli police in December 2015 after dead during a December 23 attack near some 200,000 Palestinians. they allegedly stabbed and killed two Jerusalem’s Old City. During a recent visit to Israel and Israelis in Jerusalem, Palestinian News Violent clashes erupted in the aftermath the Palestinian territories, UN chief Agency (WAFA) reported. of the Israeli raid in the camp, during Ban Ki-moon condemned Palestinian The overnight demolitions took place in which the Israeli forces used live fire, attacks but also said Israel must act Qalandia refugee camp, between Jeru- rubber-coated steel rounds and teargas to address “key underlying causes of salem and Ramallah, with four Palestin- to disperse the protesting youths. violence”. ians wounded in ensuing clashes. At least four of them were injured, while They included “growing Palestinian Some 70 military vehicles broke into others also suff ocated due to teargas anger, the paralysis of the peace proc- Qalandia refugee camp at midnight, inhalation. ess, the nearly a half-century of occu- pation”, Ban said.

Human remains retrieved from Egypt jet crash site

DPA investigation committee said in a state- The aircraft went down into the Cairo ment. Mediterranean Sea while en route from The remains will be immediately Paris to Cairo, killing all 66 people on transported to the forensic department board. search ship has retrieved all in Cairo to start DNA tests. No distress call was received. the human remains that were The vessel will return to the crash site Following the disaster, Egyptian Amapped at the crash site of the to conduct a new thorough scan of the Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy EgyptAir passenger plane that plunged seabed and to search for any other pos- said that a terrorist act appeared a into the Mediterranean Sea in May, in- sible remains there, according to the more likely cause than mechanical vestigators said late Sunday. statement. failure. The vessel John Lethbridge, operated Data downloaded from the fl ight The crash came almost six months by the Mauritius-based company Deep data recorder – one of two black boxes after a Russian passenger jet broke up Ocean Search, departed from the crash on the plane – suggested smoke aboard in midair shortly after take-off from the location for the port of Alexandria to the Airbus A-320 shortly before its resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt’s deliver the human remains to prosecu- crash on May 19, the committee said Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people tors and forensic doctors, the Egypt-led last week. on board. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 11 AFRICA

NOT ‘PARTY’ TO IT JAIL TIME DUMPED NO DETAILS UP IN SMOKE Mandela family slams Tanzania cracks down on 6 disfigured corpses found Kidnapped Sierra Leone opposition use of voice child marriages on Congo river bank diplomat ‘alive and well’

The family of the late Nelson Mandela is furious Tanzanian men who marry schoolgirls or get The badly beaten corpses of six young men A Sierra Leonean diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria that a recording of the revered South African them pregnant now face 30 years in prison as the were found over the weekend at the edge of a last week is alive and in good health, off icials in leader’s voice is being used by the main opposition government takes tougher measures to tackle child river in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Freetown said yesterday. Alfred Nelson-Williams, party for campaigning in local government marriage and teenage pregnancy. The east African the United Nations said yesterday and called on defence attache and deputy head of Sierra Leone’s elections next month. In an opposition Democratic nation has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy authorities to investigate. The bodies were found high commission in Abuja, was abducted on July Alliance campaign ad, a young woman steps into and birth rates in the world, and 21% of girls aged 15 along the banks of the Ndjili River in Kinshasa’s 1 while travelling to Kaduna, 200km north of a voting booth as Mandela’s voice is heard calling to 19 have given birth, according to a 2015/16 survey Limete commune, the director of the UN Joint Nigeria’s federal capital. “We are certain he is alive,” for justice, peace, work and bread. The woman conducted by the Tanzania Bureau of Statistics. Human Rights Off ice (UNJHRO) in Congo, Jose presidential spokesman Abdulai Baytraytay said in then makes her mark next to the DA logo. “The DA Poor parents often marry off their young daughters Maria Aranaz, told Reuters. According to a 2014 a televised address. “Sierra Leone has sent a special A man stands in what is left of his house is doing it to benefit a party which Mandela was for cash using a special dispensation under the UNJHRO report, police executed at least nine envoy to Abuja as an intermediary to open a line of yesterday after a fire on Sunday destroyed 300 not a member of,” Mandla Mandela, the grandson marriage law which allows girls as young as 14 men in a 2013-14 anti-gang operation in Kinshasa, communication between the alleged kidnappers and makeshift houses in Plastic View, Pretoria. The of the former president and a member of the to marry with parental or court consent. But new dumping some of the bodies into a river. our high commission,” the spokesman said, adding fire started early on Sunday, displacing around ruling African National Congress in parliament, provisions passed in June make it illegal for anyone Congolese authorities deny that it conducted the that security considerations meant he was unable to 1,500 people, mostly foreign nationals, and told the ANN7 news network. to marry underage girls under any circumstances. executions or dumped bodies. explain how he knew Nelson-Williams was alive. killing five. Risk of soaring Harare protest turns Central Africa violence: UN violent, teargassed AFP AFP 2,500 troops, and the UN sent in a Harare Geneva 12,600-strong MINUSCA peace- keeping force, allowing the country to hold presidential and parliamen- imbabwe police yesterday fi red he UN rights chief yesterday tary elections earlier this year. teargas and water cannons and warned that violence risks The polls were seen as a key step Zbeat up protesting public trans- Tsurging again in the Central toward reconciliation, and last month port drivers, amid rising unrest against African Republic, calling for the ur- France said it had reduced its force in economic woes as well as President gent disarming of militia groups. the country to just 350 soldiers. Robert Mugabe’s long rule. “Recent events in Bangui and Zeid’s offi ce warned, though, that The drivers were striking over po- in several other parts of the coun- tensions had been rising again in lice roadblocks they say have fuelled try make me fear a re-escalation of Bangui since mid-June, and pointed corruption as the economy weakens violence in the coming months,” to a range of incidents around the further with banks running out of cash UN High Commissioner for Human country where armed groups were in and widespread food shortages caused Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said in control and “committing serious hu- by a harsh drought. a statement. man rights violations and preying on The protesters closed roads and “There is an urgent need to disarm the civilian population.” burned tyres in the eastern part of the the armed groups — who remain far It listed clashes outside Bangui capital Harare, as local youths engaged too powerful and retain the potential involving ex-Seleka and anti-balaka in running battles against armed police to reignite the confl ict — as well as that killed at least 17 people, and wearing riot gear. to restore state authority and rule of another clash in Ngaoundaye, some Offi cers responded with tear gas and law, and to ensure the security of all 500km northwest of Bangui that water cannon to disperse the crowds, civilians,” he insisted. killed 14 people and displaced thou- and some school children caught up in His comments came after France sands. the violence. last month said it was ending its mili- Zeid stressed the “urgent need to Police also used batons to hit pro- tary operations there. rebuild the justice system and restore testers, as angry locals retaliated by The former French colony is one confi dence in state institutions, so throwing stones and rocks, AFP report- of the world’s poorest countries and people do not feel the need to take ers said. Residents of Epworth suburb flee as riot police fire teargas after a protest by taxi drivers turned violent in Harare yesterday. was plunged into chaos by the oust- justice into their own hands or to rely “The Zimbabwe republic police is ing in March 2013 of long-serving on armed groups for their security.” quite aware that some people would Last week hundreds blocked the Be- the Movement for Democratic Change The southern African country is fac- president Francois Bozize, a Chris- He also voiced concern at rampant like to engage in social unrest,” police itbridge border post, which links Zim- (MDC), staged a large rally in Harare ing a cash crunch resulting in banks tian, by the mainly Muslim Seleka violations committed in the south- spokeswoman Charity Charamba told a babwe with its southern neighbour demanding that Mugabe step down running out of currency notes, and the rebel alliance. east of the country by the rebel Lord’s news conference. “Police offi cers have South Africa, to demonstrate against over the deepening economic troubles. government has failed to pay the ma- The coup sparked revenge attacks Resistance Army, including killings, been heavily deployed to deal with any a government ban on importing many “The crisis is worsening every day jority of its workers’ June salaries. involving Muslim forces and Chris- abductions and gender-based at- public disorder. basic foodstuff s, with 71 people being and the deteriorating situation de- Without public transport, many res- tian vigilante groups known as “anti- tacks. “The security roadblocks on our arrested. mands nothing less than the resig- idents in Harare were forced to walk to balaka” (anti-machete) militias. And he condemned “credible and roads are there to monitor the situa- Last month police briefl y arrested 15 nation of President Robert Mugabe,” work on Monday, and more protests are Thousands were slaughtered in deeply worrying allegations of hu- tion,” she said, adding that at least 30 people, including a journalist and the MDC spokesman Obert Gutu told re- scheduled for tomorrow. the spiral of violence that displaced man rights violations and abuses” people had been arrested. brother of a missing political activist, porters yesterday. Zimbabwe has suff ered years of almost one tenth of the country’s committed by the Ugandan army Public dissent against Mugabe’s 36- during a public protest against Mu- “The situation in the cities, towns economic decline and mass emigra- population of 4.8mn. deployed to CAR to fi ght the LRA, in- year authoritarian regime is rare and gabe, who has long been accused of re- and in the villages points to a failed tion since Mugabe took power in 1980, The violence subsided signifi - cluding sexual abuse, abduction and the security forces maintain strict con- pression and human rights abuses. government. Zimbabweans are putting when the country won independence cantly after France sent in nearly forced marriages. trol, but protests have recently surged. In April the main opposition party, this regime on notice.” from Britain. Mystery disease kills Zimbabwe’s baobabs

By Andrew Mambondiyani, Reuters mats, which are now in demand from tourists travel- Chimanimani, Zimbabwe ling the Mutare-Masvingo highway. Along that route, women and children selling baobab fruits and mats are a common feature of the landscape. black baobab tree stands forlornly on the side of But villagers say the disease that is turning baobabs a highway in Chimanimani district, in the east black has affl icted many trees in the dryer parts of Chi- Aof Zimbabwe. manimani, Chipinge, Buhera and Mutare districts. The tree is one of many in this region affl icted by a They fear it could wipe out the entire baobab tree mysterious disease, which turns the baobabs black be- population there. fore they lose their branches and die. “The disease is now widespread in these areas,” said The giant trees, which dwarf their more common Malvern Mudiwa, one villager. “But I don’t know what acacia and mopani neighbours in this dry part of the is causing the disease. country, have long been revered as a way to survive The trees are turning black before they fi nally die”. drought. Chiadzwa said the villagers were worried that their Families cook and eat the leaves as a vegetable. source of livelihood might be wiped out. The fruits can been eaten raw or cooked into por- “The aff ected trees are no longer producing fruits. ridge. Baobab seeds substitute for coff ee. And the bark The tree branches fall before the tree fi nally dies,” she fi bre can be woven into mats. said. “Porridge made from baobab fruits has saved many Experts suspect that the fungus which may be at- people from dying in times of drought,” villager Dorcus tacking the trees takes hold after a tree is damaged by Chiadzwa told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. having bark removed. But environmentalists fear a disease that is now at- Extended drought may also be stressing the trees, tacking baobabs — particularly those that have had reducing their ability to withstand the fungus or re- part of their bark harvested — could wipe out entire cover from bark harvesting. baobab populations and leave people battling drought “Normally it takes six months or more for trees to Members of the civil society carry photos of taxi driver Joseph Muiruri and a coff in stained with mock blood as they chant slogans, with fewer survival options. recover after the barks have been removed for mats,” during a protest dubbed “Stop extrajudicial killings” in Nairobi. “Initially the disease attacked damaged trees but it’s said Clive Kapfumvuti, another villager. “And during spreading to other trees. this recovery time trees are susceptible to the disease”. And the disease is spreading very fast,” warned Law- Kapfumvuti said many people in drought-hit areas like rence Nyagwande, who heads Environment Africa, a Nyanyadzi in Chimanimani district were earning up to non-governmental organisation in Zimbabwe’s Mani- $6 a day selling baobab fruits. Kenya protesters slam extrajudicial killings caland province. “Money from baobab fruits has helped to sustain He said there was little research available on what is many people here,” he said. causing the disease — suspected to be caused by one or Because the trees have no national commercial Reuters of the public often complain about police three police offi cers had been arrested in more fungus species — or how to stop it from spread- value, little research has been done on how to save the Nairobi corruption, have accused sections of the connection with the deaths of the three ing. baobab trees, experts say. police service of involvement in extrajudi- men, who disappeared after a court hear- With Zimbabwe struggling with a devastating El A senior offi cial with the National Museums and cial killings, including in the case of Kim- ing on June 23. Nino-induced drought, which has decimated more Monuments of Zimbabwe, Paul Mupira, told dur- bout 300 people marched yesterday ani, his client Josephat Mwendwa and taxi “The shocking abduction, enforced dis- than half of the country’s food crops, many people in ing journalists at a May press briefi ng in Mutare that through the Kenyan capital to protest driver Joseph Muiruri, whose bodies were appearance and extrajudicial killings of drought-hit areas of the east are now depending on baobab trees were dying in large numbers. Aover what they said was the extrajudi- found last week. lawyer Willie Kimani, as well as his client baobabs for survival. He said there was also a lack of young trees grow- cial killing by police of human rights lawyer Police offi cials say they investigate and and their taxi driver...should be cause for According to government offi cials, at least 4.5mn ing to replace those dying, in part because people were Willie Kimani, his client and their driver. prosecute any offi cers suspected of break- alarm over the state of human rights and people are food insecure in Zimbabwe as a result of the collecting baobab seeds for food. Demonstrators carried a mock coffi n ing the law. rule of law in Kenya,” rights group Am- drought. “Animals are eating the young plants,” he said. emblazoned with the words “Stop extraju- After lodging a complaint alleging nesty International wrote in a statement The country is seeking up to $1.6bn in aid to feed “People eat the small plants too as vegetables.” dicial killings.” Others wore T-shirts with he had been shot and injured by police, yesterday. those unable to grow crops. Nyagwande, of Environment Africa, said villagers in the slogan “Stop police executions.” Mwendwa was charged with a range of of- Kimani worked for US-based Inter- “Many people are harvesting the fruits to sell. the aff ected areas were being encouraged to plant more Some carried placards demanding Inte- fences, including possessing drugs and re- national Justice Mission; Muiruri was a These fruits are bringing much-needed income for baobab trees to reverse the decline. rior Minister Joseph Nkaissery resign. sisting arrest, activists said. trusted driver the organisation hired fre- villagers,” Chiadzwa said. “Unless something is done as matter of urgency, Rights groups in Kenya, where members The authorities said on Saturday that quently. The fi bre from the baobab trees is also used to make baobabs face extinction,” he predicted. Gulf Times 12 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 AMERICAS Naturalisation ceremony Nasa’s Juno approaching Jupiter orbit

AFP orbit Jupiter from pole to pole, Miami sampling the charged particles and magnetic fi elds for the fi rst time and revealing more about asa yesterday counted the auroras in ultraviolet light down to a high-stakes that can be seen around the Nattempt to orbit closer planet’s polar regions. than ever to the planet Jupiter, But fi rst, the tricky orbit on a $1.1bn mission to probe manoeuvre must succeed, or the origin of the solar system. the mission suddenly ends The unmanned spacecraft, some 869mn km from Earth. Juno, is expected to arrive to- The spacecraft is currently day in the vicinity of the largest approaching Jupiter at a speed planet in the solar system, fi ve of more than 209,200kph. years after it launched from This evening, Juno will per- Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nasa form a series of engine burns television coverage of the event for about a half hour to slow begins at 10.30pm US Eastern the spacecraft by about 1,212 time (0230 GMT today). miles per hour, enough for Ju- The solar-powered space- piter to capture Juno into its craft is equipped with a suite orbit. of instruments to learn about The orbit insertion should how Jupiter formed, and a ra- be complete at around 12am diation vault to protect the Eastern time July 5 (0400 electronics from massive doses GMT), Nasa said. of radiation near the gas giant, The mission aims to circle reaching 1,000 times the lethal the planet 37 times before fi - level for a human. Jupiter is the nally making a death plunge fi fth planet from the sun. in 2018, to prevent the space- One hundred and forty-six people take part in a naturalisation ceremony to become United States citizens, at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Its atmosphere is made up of craft from causing any damage hydrogen and helium, and it’s to any of Jupiter’s icy moons, known for its Great Red Spot, which Nasa hopes to explore a storm bigger than Earth that one day for signs of life. has been raging for hundreds Juno is not the fi rst space- of years. craft to orbit Jupiter but Nasa Scientists hope to fi nd out says its orbit will bring it closer more about how much water than its predecessor, Galileo, Jupiter holds and the makeup which launched in 1989. of its core, in order to fi gure out That spacecraft found evi- how the planet — and others in dence of subsurface saltwater the neighbourhood includ- on Jupiter’s moons Europa, First Nations woman ing Earth — formed billions of Ganymede and Callisto before years ago. making a death plunge into Ju- Since Juno is the fi rst mission piter in 2003. designed to see beneath Jupi- Nasa says Juno will get closer ter’s clouds, it is named after than Galileo — this time within the Roman goddess who was 5,000km above the cloud tops the wife of Jupiter, the god of — while dodging the high- the sky in ancient mythology. est radiation regions on Jupi- fl ays police’s ‘racist’ She was said to be able to ter “by approaching over the see through the clouds Jupiter north, dropping to an altitude veiled himself with to hide his below the planet’s radiation mischief. belts...and then exiting over response to rape The Nasa mission aims to the south”. Police have been accused of taking CBC News asked Thunder Bay police ‘Two gators’ involved note only when a White woman was what they do to ensure the safety of wom- attacked in the same area en in the sex trade in the city. Tilbury said investigators make eff orts in death of child Agencies “to reach out directly to street workers in Ontario the area of personal safety” and encourage them to seek help from local service agen- Reuters “the horror that he experi- cies. Florida enced” as his son was being First Nations woman says Thun- But there are few services available in pulled into the water and “how der Bay, Ontario, police ignored her Thunder Bay for sex trade workers, ac- another gator attacked him as Acomplaint about being raped and cording to Karen Puddicombe. he distraught father of a he fought”, Wellons wrote in beaten until months later when a non-Ab- The pastor at the Salvation Army said 2-year-old boy dragged the e-mail, according to the original woman had a similar experience. she has studied the issue and found there Toff and killed by an alli- report. Jessica Raven said she was attacked on are few safe spaces for women involved in gator at the Walt Disney World Assistant chief Stan Paynter Simpson Street on October 10, 2015, when the sex trade to turn for support, advocacy Resort in Florida last month forwarded the e-mail to Or- she was involved in the sex trade. or even a hot meal. has said he was attacked by a ange County offi cials to alert “It was supposed to be a date,” she said. Puddicombe was the co-ordinator of second alligator as he fought to them about a second alligator. “He pulled my hair. He beat me. He raped Sex Workers Action Network, or Swan. save his son. The Sentinel also reported me. I ran off with no pants, no shirt.” It’s the group Thunder Bay police said Matt Graves, whose son that sheriff ’s offi ce spokes- The 27-year-old said she didn’t call they worked with in the past in an eff ort to Lane was killed in the Seven man Angelo Nieves had said on police for two days because she was “too keep vulnerable women safe. Seas Lagoon at Walt Disney Sunday a witness also said he scared to do anything” in the immediate Unfortunately, Puddicombe said, with World’s Grand Floridian Re- had seen a second alligator at- aftermath of the attack. little funding the group of volunteers was sort & Spa after being dragged tack the father. When police offi cers came to her apart- only able to operate a weekly drop-in for off in shallow waters, gave de- Trappers killed and opened ment building on May Street on October women briefl y between February and May tails about the attack to a fi re up fi ve alligators the day af- 12, they refused to go inside and took her Jessica Raven said she was attacked in October 2015. of 2015. captain, the Orlando Sentinel ter the attack before the boy’s statement “on the street”, Raven said. Police “may misunderstand … what has reported on Sunday. body was found underwater It was months before she heard from A spokeswoman for Thunder Bay police She said she provided police with a de- happened,” she said.“I just think because The disclosure came via and recovered intact. police again, she said, and only after a said an investigation is continuing, but scription of the man who attacked her, his there’s nothing in town and because Swan e-mail messages obtained by Walt Disney Co has had non-Aboriginal woman had also been police are limited in what they can say be- vehicle and his address. had a name to some degree that was as- the newspaper from the Reedy more than 240 “nuisance” alli- raped under similar circumstances. cause of the victim’s right to privacy. She believes it was the same man who sumed. Creek Fire Department, in gators captured and killed over “I was raped and beat up and the cops “Investigators would still like to do attacked her friend. “There’s not really a connection with which captain Tom Wellons the past 10 years at its Florida didn’t do anything,” she said. “One of my more followup with the victim,” constable Raven said she has not been involved in the police,” she added. relayed the father’s account theme park property, accord- friends was raped, a white woman, now Julie Tilbury said. the sex trade since the attack, when she Police “may feel that we were their only from the day after the incident ing to state records. they want to talk to me?” “Why should I call them now?” Raven was three months’ pregnant. resource as a group of people advocating to his supervisors, the newspa- Florida has an estimated “It’s not right, it’s racist,” Raven said. asked. “They only called me back about She has since moved and is “feeling for women in that fi eld”. per reported. 1.3mn wild alligators, or about Raven provided the badge number of the other woman.” safer” staying at home with her new Puddicombe said the Swan committee Graves was en route to a one for every 15 residents, ac- one of the police offi cers she spoke with Police could have prevented the attack baby. is regrouping and hopes to start a monthly hospital for treatment on inju- cording to the Florida Fish and so CBC News could inquire about her case. on the other woman, she said, if they had “I just didn’t want it to happen to other drop-in, under a new name: Supporting ries he sustained while trying Wildlife Conservation Com- ‘Why should I call them now?’ taken her October complaint seriously. girls,” she said about sharing her story. Women through Adversity in the North. to save his son when he shared mission. Ottawa local body shuts down kids’ stand

Agencies The girls made $52 — including therefore we’re not allowed to that he was looking into the mat- for camp, Andrews said the lem- Ottawa tips on their $1-a-glass lemon- be there without a permit,” he ter. onade stand is also a learning ex- ade — in less than two hours. But said, adding that he was willing Pelletier confi rmed that any- perience for his daughters. around 11am, a woman stopped to pay for a permit on the spot one conducting business on “There’s lots of lessons to be t seemed like the perfect way her bike along the route and told but was not given the opportu- NCC lands must “go through our learned there with multiplication to help those biking along the them they were “not allowed” to nity. proper internal process” to ac- and addition, as well as business. IRideau Canal in Ottawa cool be there. “I think that they need to relax quire a permit fi rst. The money that they earn they off on a hot, sunny day, but two Their father Kurtis Andrews a bit. I understand that they have According to the National keep, but they also have to pay for little girls were told to pack up was not immediately convinced to manage their properties but Capital Commission Traffi c and the expenses,” he said. their lemonade stand for failing to leave — until an NCC offi cer at the same time we’re talking Property Regulations: “No per- “I can say with some confi - to have a permit. came over to confi rm the me- about a fi ve and seven-year-old son shall sell or off er or expose for dence that they got an additional “I felt sad because I like selling dian was NCC property and that raising money for camp.” sale any drink, goods or wares, or lesson today on business, at least lemonade. It was really fun and a permit was required for any NCC spokesperson Cédric post or display any signs, plac- in Ottawa here, and that’s a valu- there were lots of customers,” Eliza Andrew and her sister Adela. sales. He said the offi cer was po- Pelletier could not confi rm Sun- ards, fl ags or advertising devices, able lesson, too.” seven-year-old Eliza Andrews lite, though a little intimidating day afternoon if the median is or solicit subscriptions or con- Eliza said she hasn’t given up told CBC News. By Drive to raise money to go to National Capital Commission in his fl ak jacket. NCC property, as it’s between tributions on or in any property on her lemonade business but Eliza and her fi ve-year-old summer camp, their father told parkways that are shut down to “He later sent me a map NCC-owned Colonel By Drive of the commission without fi rst may change her strategy a bit. sister Adela set up a lemonade CBC News. traffi c on Sundays from May to that appears to show that the and city-owned Echo Drive. obtaining permission in writing “I’m going to keep doing lem- stand on a grassy median be- A stretch of Colonel By Drive September in favour of pedestri- property, all of that grassy me- “It could be NCC, it could be from the commission to do so.” onade but maybe at our house,” tween Echo Drive and Colonel is part of the more than 50km of ans, cyclists and rollerbladers. dian, belongs to the NCC and city property,” he said, adding In addition to raising money she said. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 13 AMERICAS Kids’ book explains the Trump phenomenon

AFP New York

potato-shaped orange blob with tiny hands Ais the star of a satirical new story written in the style of a children’s book explaining the Donald Trump phenom- enon. A Child’s First Book of Trump, written by Michael Ian Black and set for release today, is clearly intended for a more mature audience. It shows the presumptive Republican presidential nomi- nee in a less-than-fl attering light, depicting the business- man as a money-guzzling, Donald Trump. braggadocious creature called an ‘Americus Trumpus’, com- of David, which is a symbol of plete with a tangle of bright Judaism. A man watches fireworks on the beach during US Independence Day celebrations in Atlantic Beach, New York. yellow hair. Rather, he said, the star Illustrated in a style simi- could have referred to a sher- lar to a Dr Seuss book — and iff ’s badge, which is shaped deploying the same sort of similarly except for small cir- humorous rhyming cou- cles at the ends of each of its six plets — the parody is suppos- points, or a “plain star”. edly meant to teach young- “Dishonest media is trying sters about the man currently their absolute best to depict dominating television screens a star in a tweet as the Star of Red, white and extra across America. David rather than a Sheriff ’s “The beasty is called an Star, or plain star!” Trump American Trump. Its skin wrote on Twitter, two days af- is bright orange, its fi gure is ter he tweeted the original im- plump,” the story reads. age. Black’s book goes on to His tweet came after Mic tease the hotel magnate for News reported on Sunday blue at July 4th parties having “underdeveloped” the image attacking Clinton, hands, a reference to puerile, which included the words: Extra security was deployed for holder who ate 69 hotdogs in 10 minutes In Compton, California, a 9-year-old None was believed to have had anything primary-campaign insults “History made” and, inside Independence Day events — attempts to regain his Mustard Yellow girl’s hand had to be amputated when she to do with making the device. when Trump’s opponents the star, “most corrupt candi- International Belt from Matt Stonie, who was injured after unwittingly picking up a The late-morning explosion occurred suggestively mocked his hand date ever!” had been shared on Reuters last year ended Chestnut’s run of eight lit fi rework, local media said. when all three men jumped off a rock and size. a neo-Nazi web forum called New York straight victories. Some of America’s newest citizens were the victim landed on top of the object, Published by Simon & /pol/. Reuters confi rmed the With the holiday taking place days after being sworn in at a special Independence which had been stashed near the boulder Schuster, the 32-page book is image was posted there on June attacks in Baghdad, Dhaka and Istanbul, Day ceremony in New Orleans for 55 peo- out of the way of normal foot traffi c, police the latest in a string of adult 22 by viewing a link to an ar- he United States celebrated the July the New York Police Department deployed ple from countries including Haiti, Nepal said. and children’s books by the chived version of a /pol/ page, Fourth holiday yesterday with pa- eight new “vapor wake” dogs, trained to and Venezuela. “At this time, we have no evidence this 44-year-old Black. though the page has since been Trades, baking contests and picnics sniff out explosives on a moving target in More than 7,000 people will have been is related to terrorism,” NYPD Deputy The work was illustrated by updated and the image re- draped in red, white and an extra layer of a crowd. naturalised during almost 100 such cer- Chief John O’Connell told reporters in the Marc Rosenthal, who said he moved. blue, as police ramped up patrols amid Commissioner Bill Bratton said on Fri- emonies organized by US Citizenship and park, adding there were “no specifi c cred- produced all the pictures in The Nazis forced Jews to concerns about terrorism and gun vio- day there was no specifi c threat to New Immigration Services between June 30 ible threats directed at New York or the just three weeks — such a task wear a Star of David on their lence. York City. and July 4, the agency says. July Fourth celebrations”. normally takes him a year — so clothing to identify themselves Millions of Americans marked inde- The department’s presence this holiday “These new Americans will strengthen Lieutenant Mark Torre, commander he and Black could get it out during the Holocaust. pendence from Britain with celebrations will be increased by nearly 2,000 new of- the fabric of our nation,” USCIS Director of the police bomb squad, said there was ahead of the Republican Na- Saturday’s incident was the as boisterous as a music-packed party by fi cers just days after they graduated on Fri- Leon Rodriguez said in a statement. nothing to indicate the device was “put in tional Convention in Cleveland latest departure by Trump country music legend Willie Nelson for day from the New York City Police Acad- A 19-year-old tourist in Manhattan’s this area with a specifi c intent to harm any this month. from a recent eff ort to appease 10,000 people at a race track in Austin, emy. Central Park suff ered a severe foot wound individual” and that evidence showed it “The fi rst several days, I had Republicans worried about his Texas and as staid as colonial-era cos- “As we always have the capacity in New on Sunday after an apparent homemade was not meant to be detonated by some- about 30 pictures of Trump brash public persona by trying tumed actors reading the Declaration of York to put out a lot of resources, that’s the fi rework exploded when he jumped off a one stepping on it. all around me,” Rosenthal told to appear more restrained. Independence at the National Archives in name of the game, in dealing with terrorist rock and stepped on the device, authori- He said the device, which was believed AFP. In June, Trump fi red his Washington. threats,” Bratton said. ties said. to have been in the park for at least a day, “I tried all diff erent kinds of campaign manager Corey “It’s a good day for refl ecting on the Police in Chicago, which has seen a spike Police said there was no reason to sus- “may have not gone off at an earlier time shapes and bodies. Lewandowski and began us- positive things about America — the in gun murders this year, announced a pect that the blast, on the eve of Fourth of and was just left there”. This kind of sweet potato ing a teleprompter to make sense of freedom that you can go after and stepped up presence with more than 5,000 July celebrations, was the work of extrem- The 778-acre park in the heart of Man- shape seemed the most fun.” speeches, hoping to show that achieve whatever you want,” said Helen offi cers on patrol over the long weekend, ists or that the explosive object had been hattan is a major draw for tourists visiting Rosenthal didn’t try to draw his campaign could be more Donaldson, 48, the mother of a multi- traditionally one of the year’s most vio- designed to hurt anyone. New York City. too much of a Trump likeness, inclusive after earlier mis- ethnic family of four adopted teens living lent, said Chicago police superintendent Investigators said the object was likely The park remained open to visitors fol- instead largely relying on his haps, including his statement in Maplewood, New Jersey. Eddie Johnson. fabricated by an amateur fi reworks enthu- lowing the blast. signature hairstyle to capture that Mexicans crossing the US Donaldson, a white Australian immi- Local media reported on Friday that siast for the thrill of creating a loud noise But police were checking for any addi- his character. border illegally were “rapists” grant, cheered with her two New Jersey- 24 people had been shot over the past 24 and fl ash. tional explosives in the park, using dogs “The hair, the eyebrows and and his mocking of a disabled born African American daughters, both hours, three fatally. At least one bystander in the park told trained to detect vapor trails left behind by the mouth, that’s all I needed reporter, which Clinton, the 12 and dressed in white, white and blue, Dry weather forecasts across the coun- CNN the blast sounded “like a cannon”. explosives or would-be bombers. for him. presumptive Democratic nom- as a recording of the Star Spangled Ban- try thrilled fi reworks lovers, although Photographs of the injured man, who Teams of so-called Vapor Wake Detec- It helps give expression,” inee, has begun using in attack ner played to kick off a children’s relay some spots in Michigan have been so police said was visiting from Virginia with tion dogs were being deployed in New said Rosenthal, who has also ads against him. race. rain-starved that pyrotechnic shows were two friends, showed his left foot bandaged York for the fi rst time as part of stepped- been published in The New Ed Brookover, a senior ad- Nearby, in the baking contest tent, canceled in a handful of communities near and badly mangled as he was being treated up measures to protect America’s most Yorker. viser to the Trump campaign, 13-year-old Nate Fisher entered his cherry Detroit to prevent fi res. by emergency medical technicians on the populous city during the holiday weekend. “I hope he’s going to say said in an interview on CNN blueberry tart into competition. Over the weekend in New York, an in- scene. The enhanced security comes amid something bad about the book,” yesterday the campaign felt “I have high hopes,” he said, fl ashing a cident being investigated as a possible The man was taken to Bellevue Hospi- heightened US vigilance against potential Rosenthal quipped, as any it had “corrected” the is- smile. fireworks mishap severely injured an tal, where police said he was undergoing assaults on public places following deadly comment from Trump would sue about the star by deleting History may be in the making in the 18-year-old Virginia man who stepped surgery and was listed in serious but stable attacks during the past week on a Bangla- be certain to generate massive Trump’s original tweet. traditional hotdog-eating contest at New on an explosive in Central Park, police condition. desh cafe, claimed by Islamic State, and free publicity for the work. Trump later tweeted another York’s Coney Island. said. His two companions, aged 18 and 20, at Istanbul’s main airport blamed on the Trump, yesterday lashed out version of the image in which Joey Jaws Chestnut — a world record Police had previously given his age as 19. were not injured. militant group. at the press for continuing to the star was replaced by a cir- report on the fallout from a cle. post he made to social media Brookover said the image’s that included an image depict- earlier appearance on the neo- ing Democratic rival Hillary Nazi forum was irrelevant. Clinton against a backdrop of “These images get posted cash and a Star of David. and reposted and reposted on In a tweet yesterday, Trump social media on many forums,” Teacher retires after 25 years of said he had not meant the six- he said.”There was never any long walks to work at school pointed star to refer to the Star intention of anti-Semitism.”

Agencies for a cup of coff ee and some gentleman Ottawa will very confi dently walk up to me and say, ‘Hey, I know you. You walk past me every day and I can calibrate my watch to or the last time, Sylvia Smith on your walk’.” Thursday walked the 6.5km between She’s thankful for those “neat mo- Fher home and the school she taught ments”, but says she’s ready for retirement at for the last 25 years. after 34 years of teaching — the last 25 of “I guess it would be like yoga for most them at the Elizabeth Wyn Wood Alterna- people, or meditation,” she says, as pass- tive School in Nepean. ing cyclists and motorists honk their sup- “It’s an intellectual exercise. It really port. won’t hit me until September, I think. She’s wearing two neon placards: one Then I’ll feel it in my heart. Everyone will says “Last walk ever,” and the other, “Honk be going back to school and I’ll have an ex- if you love retirement.” Ottawa teacher Sylvia Smith. tra hour to sleep in in the morning,” Smith Smith says she’s widely recognised said. along her route and that some people seem going past you every day for the last 16 years, ‘It really won’t hit me until September.’ “I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to to feel an affi nity towards her. One winter, and I’ve always felt bad because I’ve never “And then many times I’ll just be around be a little bit of a bummer, in some ways, she was walking to work in the snow when off ered you a ride.’ I thought that was kind of the ‘hood, shopping or whatever, and a not being back in the classroom, but you A girl reading A Child’s First Book of Trump with text by Michael a woman driving by off ered her a ride. cool,” Smith told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morn- clerk will say, ‘Hey, I know you. You walk know what? I’m prepared for it. I’ve done Ian Black and illustrations by Marc Rosenthal in New York City. “And she said to me, ‘You know, I’ve been ing Thursday, during her fi nal walk. to work every day.’ ... Or I’ll be in a lineup my time.” Published by Simon & Schuster, it will be released today Gulf Times 14 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 ASEAN Festive shopping Malaysia ruling party VP quits

Reuters Mukhriz Mahathir, the son of Kuala Lumpur former prime minister Ma- hathir Mohamed. It also suspended Shafi e, senior leader of Ma- pending investigations into laysia’s ruling party his conduct by the disciplinary A quit yesterday, the lat- board. est among several party of- All three leaders have been fi cials to leave or be sacked sharp critics of Najib, calling after criticising Prime Minis- for his resignation following ter Najib Razak over a multi- the allegations of graft and billion dollar fi nancial scan- mismanagement at 1MDB. dal involving a state-owned But the sackings and fund. Shafie’s suspension sparked Recent electoral wins and a an internal revolt, with gradual recovery in the econo- local UMNO leaders in Sem- my have allowed Najib to sack porna resigning en-bloc in more critics and reshuffl e his protest. cabinet, bringing in loyalists Earlier yesterday, Shahrud- ahead of general polls that din Md Salleh, an UMNO state may be held as early as next legislator from Muhyiddin’s year. home state of Johor, quit all his Shafi e Apdal, who as a vice- party posts. president was the fi fth-most Najib, who chaired the ad- senior leader of the United visory board of 1MDB, has Malay National Organisation faced intense pressure follow- (UMNO), resigned two weeks ing revelations that $681 mn after two other senior lead- had been deposited into his ers were sacked by the party personal account. over their criticism of Najib’s Najib has denied any handling of the 1Malaysia wrongdoing. Development Berhad (1MDB) Malaysia’s UMNO-domi- scandal. nated ruling coalition, Barisan People shopping for accessories at a market in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival. The three-day festival marks the end of the fasting “Justice is not being done. Nasional, coasted to victory month of Ramadan. There is no justice in the way in two by-elections earlier UMNO is being run,” Shafi e this month, defying a politi- said yesterday at a rally in his cal movement led by Mahathir home constituency of Sem- who has sought to turn voters porna, a ruling party strong- against Najib. hold in the Borneo state of The wins, along with a Sabah. landslide win in the Borneo The rally was telecast on state of Sarawak last month, social media. Shafi e does not prompted some political ex- hold any post in government. perts to believe Najib may call Najib has a tight grip over snap polls. UMNO. Najib has dismissed the ru- Police claim IS linked He emerged stronger last mours, stressing that any de- month as the party’s supreme cision to call for national polls council sacked deputy presi- will “not be governed by by- dent Muhyiddin Yassin and elections”. to grenade attack Thailand sets up AFP Kuala Lumpur security centres alaysian police said yesterday a recent hand ahead of referendum Mgrenade attack on a restaurant was linked to the Is- lamic State group, after initially Reuters General Sansern Kaewkam- saying the incident was not ter- Bangkok nerd, spokesman for the Thai ror related. prime minister’s offi ce, in or- “There were elements of IS der to ensure “no cheating, no involvement in the attack,” na- hailand’s military gov- lobbying and no persuading tional police chief Khalid Abu ernment has set up se- people to vote one way or an- Bakar told reporters yesterday. Tcurity centres around other.” Eight people were injured the country ahead of an Au- Provincial governors will when a hand grenade was gust referendum on a new be responsible for assembling thrown at a restaurant in Ma- constitution, a spokesman for teams to join the centre in- laysia’s central Selangor state the government said yester- cluding police, troops and ci- on June 28, in an assault police day. vilian volunteers. initially described as related The centres are the latest “We need to ensure peace to a business rivalry or as a re- measure rolled out by the gov- during the referendum so that venge attack. ernment as Thailand prepares people can decide how our Two Malaysian men have to vote on a new constitution country will move forward,” now been arrested in connec- that critics fear will entrench Sansern told Reuters. tion with the incident, while the military’s infl uence. Last month junta chief two more suspects were on the The draft of Thailand’s 20th Prayuth Chan-ocha and op- run. constitution is to replace one position supporters of ousted “We found out that the two scrapped after a 2014 coup by populist premier Thaksin of them received instructions generals who promised stabil- Shinawatra both contacted the from one of our own citizens ity in Southeast Asia’s second- United Nations after an up- in Syria...to conduct attacks in A recent photo shows The Movida bar after a grenade attack in Puchong, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. biggest economy. The Aug 7 surge in political tension, just Malaysia,” Khalid said. referendum will be the fi rst a day after police shut down an Thirteen other Malaysians, dent. Malaysia has not seen any secrecy, making it difficult to Four suspected jihadists In 2014, police said they had real rest of the junta’s popu- electoral monitoring centre of including two “low-level po- notable terror attacks in recent gauge the actual threat level. were arrested in January, and foiled an IS-inspired plot to larity since it took power. the “red shirt” anti-govern- licemen”, have also been ar- years. Malaysian police have regu- in April last year 17 people were bomb pubs, discos and a Ma- A “Centre for Maintaining ment movement. rested over suspicions of The country’s political op- larly announced IS-related arrested on suspicion of plot- laysian brewery of Danish beer Peace and Order” has been The red shirts say the cen- terrorism-related activities position says the government arrests but typically offer few ting terror attacks in Kuala producer Carlsberg, arresting set up in every one of Thai- tres are needed to prevent unrelated to the Selangor inci- shrouds its anti-terror fight in details. Lumpur. more than a dozen people. land’s 76 provinces, said Major fraud.

Plastic buckets, broken printers shine light on Hanoi’s poor

Reuters they lived too far from a power makes use of materials that are Hanoi station or had to ration supply cheap and easy to replace and because of the expense, at an works with a wind speed of just average cost of $9 a month. 0.4 metres (1.3 ft) a second. ietnamese families liv- “It is enough to light the “We want to support the ing in slums along the home of my family and other low-income community,” VRed River in Hanoi are families around here,” said Cuong told Reuters.“Now they using red plastic buckets and Bui Van Ha, who earns about can use more electricity with- old printers to help light homes, $4.50 a day on average by trad- out any extra costs, with en- cook meals and slash electricity ing pottery to feed his family of ergy coming from renewable costs by as much as a third. four. “Even for only a few hours sources.” The recycled goods form the after dark, it helped us to save Vietnam produces just 140 blades and motors of electrical on our monthly spending and MW of solar and wind power generators that power old mo- bring profit to my family.” each year, but officials say it torcycle batteries to illuminate The clean energy innovation has the capacity to produce 500 lamps with a brightness equiv- on the floating village about times more. alent to a 45-Watt light bulb. 5km from Hanoi’s central busi- Cuong hopes to boost en- Though the output generated ness district is the brainchild ergy production, and is looking is small, it makes a significant of Le Vu Cuong, a lecturer at a for donors to help lighten the difference for families previ- Hanoi university. electricity costs of other low- ously denied power because His wind-powered generator income families. A man exercises on his boat in front of a wind power system made from plastic buckets at a floating village in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 15 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA Turnbull urged to quit Aide to China’s ex-president after ‘Brexiting’ himself jailed for life AFP doing. Quite frankly, I think he Turnbull is the country’s Sydney should quit,” Shorten told fourth leader since 2013 after he AFP Ferrari crash in Beijing that dis- reporters in Sydney. ousted fellow Liberal Tony Ab- Beijing rupted the once-in-a-decade “He has taken this nation to an bott as prime minister in a party party leadership change when ustralia’s opposition La- election on the basis of stability; coup last September. He called Xi took over from Hu in 2012. bor Party urged Prime he has delivered instability.” elections early hoping to shore n ex-aide of former Ling had powerbases in the AMinister Malcolm Turn- He said Turnbull’s decision to up support for his ruling Chinese president Hu northern province of Shanxi and bull to resign yesterday, call- put every seat in the upper house coalition. AJintao has been jailed the Communist Youth League ing him the “David Cameron of Senate up for grabs in a so-called With the vote count still in- for life for corruption, illegally - seen as a proving ground for the southern hemisphere” after double dissolution election complete, the anti-immigration obtaining state secrets and politicians who, unlike Xi, do he failed to secure an emphatic rather than have the usual half- One Nation party of Pauline abuse of power, offi cial media not benefi t from family links to election victory. Senate vote had “made a bad Hanson, who once claimed reported yesterday. high-ranking revolutionaries. Millionaire former banker situation worse”. Asians were in danger of swamp- Ling Jihua pleaded guilty One of his brothers, Ling Turnbull took the country to the “He Brexited himself. This ing the country, looks set to win and said he would not appeal, Zhengce, a senior offi cial in ballot boxes on Saturday, but his guy is like (the) David Cameron multiple Senate seats. Xinhua news agency said, cit- Shanxi, was put under investi- Liberal/National coalition has of the southern hemisphere,” the “How on earth did Turnbull ing the verdict of the First In- gation in 2014 for serious vio- so far failed to win enough seats Labor leader said. think that an idea of reform termediate People’s Court in lations of “discipline and the to form government. “He leads a divided party, he could end up with two or three Tianjin, which held his trial in law” - a euphemism for cor- Labor leader Bill Shorten, has had an election and he has One Nation senators in the Sen- secret last month. ruption - and expelled from whose party appears to have delivered an inferior and ate?” Shorten asked. “The trial today is engraved the party last year. gained seats in the 150-member unstable outcome.” The vote count in Australia is on my bones and in my heart,” Another brother, Ling House of Representatives but Britain’s Cameron called a due to resume today, with the it quoted Ling as saying in his Wancheng, has fl ed to the also fallen short of the 76 needed referendum on whether the Australian Broadcasting Corpo- fi nal statement to the court. United States, a Chinese an- to govern, said Turnbull had country should stay in the EU ration reporting that the gov- His case was the lead item ti-graft offi cial confi rmed in to go. and led the “Remain” campaign. ernment has 68 seats to Labor’s on state broadcasters CCTV’s January, adding Beijing was “This is farcical. Turnbull He announced he was quitting 67 with fi ve minor players and 10 Malcolm Turnbull walking out the front door of his home in Sydney nightly news programme which “in touch” with Washington clearly doesn’t know what he is after the nation voted to leave. in doubt. yesterday. showed the former offi cial, about his case. wearing a white shirt and glasses, His exile has led to specula- humbly accepting his sentence. tion in overseas Chinese media “I take this opportunity to that Ling Jihua had given him express thanks to the court top state secrets, including the for a trial in accordance with launch codes for China’s nu- Beijing the law and its humane treat- clear weapons, to secure some ment,” he said. leverage in negotiations with China criticises Japan over Beijing over his case. Chinese courts are control- off ers led by the ruling Communist Under Chinese law the party, which expelled Ling - death penalty is available for once Hu’s chief of staff - from corruption cases, but Xinhua Manila its ranks last year. said Ling was given a reduced ‘dangerous’ jet scramble sentence for having “faithful- The verdict and sentence come as part of a high-profi le ly” confessed to his crimes and talks Reuters ment yesterday, without speci- both sides, and destroying over the past three months. corruption crackdown by cur- being penitent for his actions. Beijing fying where exactly the incident the peace and stability in the Japan is embroiled in a dispute rent President Xi Jinping that It was “a relatively lenient took place. region,” China’s defence min- with China in the East China has deposed of several senior sentence”, Willy Lam of the Reuters The Japanese planes used fi re- istry said, adding the Chinese Sea over ownership of a group of offi cials, notably former se- Chinese University of Hong Shanghai hina strongly criticised control radar to “light up” the aircraft “responded resolute- islands which lie about 220km curity chief Zhou Yongkang, Kong said. “It’s possible Ling Japan over a scramble of Chinese aircraft, the statement ly”. (140 miles) northeast of Tai- who was himself jailed for life drove a bargain with authori- Cmilitary aircraft from the added. China called on Japan to cease wan, known as the Senkakus in last year. ties.” hina is ready to start ne- two countries yesterday amid a Japan’s senior military offi cer all provocative action, the state- Tokyo and the Diaoyu islands in Graft is endemic in China’s His former boss Hu was gotiations with the Philip- dispute over islands in the East has acknowledged there was a ment added. Beijing. authoritarian system, and Xi probably safe, Lam added, Cpines on South China Sea- China Sea. scramble but has denied that The statement about the in- Japan is worried that China is has acknowledged it as a threat saying that the former presi- related issues if Manila ignores an Two Japanese fi ghter jets took any radar lock by the Chinese cident comes after Japan’s top escalating its activity in the East to the ruling party’s survival. dent “made a wise decision by arbitration ruling expected next “provocative actions” at a high jet occurred or that the incident military commander accused China Sea in response to Tokyo’s But critics say that a lack of refusing to support Ling”. week on their long-running ter- speed near a pair of Chinese turned dangerous. China of escalating military pledge to support countries in transparency around the purge But other Hu proteges “may ritorial dispute, the offi cial China fi ghter jets that were carrying “The Japanese plane’s pro- activity in the East China Southeast Asia, including the means it has been an opportu- now be blocked from promo- Daily reported yesterday. out patrols in the East China Sea vocative actions caused an Sea, saying Japanese emer- Philippines and Vietnam, that nity for Xi to eliminate politi- tion” as Xi consolidates his The Philippines brought the on June 17, China’s defence min- accident in the air, endanger- gency scrambles to counter oppose China’s territorial claims cal enemies. power over the government, case to the Permanent Court of istry said in a microblog state- ing the safety of personnel on Chinese jets almost doubled in the South China Sea. Ling’s son died in a notorious he said. Arbitration in the Hague and a ruling is expected on July 12. The case contests China’s claims to the bulk of the South China Sea, a body of water through which Preparing for welcome ceremony $5tn in ship-borne trade passes Bus arsonist S Korea every year. China has said it plans to ignore the court’s ruling which would represent a snub of the in- labour boss ternational legal order. who killed 18 The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei jailed over have overlapping claims with China in the area. Beijing has given death rejected the arbitration case, violent claiming the court has no ju- risdiction and saying it wants AFP 300,000 yuan ($46,000) to solve the issue bilaterally. In Beijing in debts while a contractor protest recent weeks it has ramped up on an engineering project, its propaganda campaign down- much of it salaries for his playing the outcome of the case. man convicted of kill- workers, according to previ- Reuters China also plans to hold military ing 18 people when he ous Chinese media reports. Seoul drills around the disputed Paracel Aset a public bus on fi re The company refused to Islands in the South China Sea from in China has been sentenced pay him, they said, and on the July 5-11, which Vietnam has op- to death, authorities said morning of the attack he sent South Korean court sen- posed, state-run Vietnam Television yesterday. friends a message on chat ap- tenced the leader of a quoted foreign ministry spokesman Ma Yongping, 34, in Janu- plication WeChat saying: “At A major labour group to fi ve Le Hai Binh as saying yesterday. ary set alight the bus in Yin- a time when even a person’s years in jail yesterday for leading Negotiations between China chuan, capital of the remote basic rights can’t be guaran- a violent protest last year against and the Philippines could cover northern region of Ningxia, teed, he has a right to take ac- the labour reform policy of Pres- “issues such as joint development leaving 18 people dead and tion to fi ght for (them).” ident Park Geun-hye. and cooperation in scientifi c re- another 32 injured. Chinese citizens have Han Sang-gyun, the head of the search if the new government puts Members of a Chinese military honour guard preparing before taking part in a welcome ceremony He was convicted of arson sometimes turned to vio- Korean Confederation of Trade the tribunal’s ruling aside before for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. and sentenced to death by lence against innocents in Unions (KCTU), the more strident returning to the table for talks”, Tsipras is on a state visit to China. the Yinchuan Intermediate attempts to publicise their of the country’s two umbrella la- the China Daily said. People’s Court on Sunday, plight after failing to obtain bour groups, turned himself over the city government said in a redress for low-level dis- to police in December after evad- social media posting. putes. ing arrest for weeks following the Ma admitted his actions In 2013 a man started a fi re Nov. 14 protest rally. but said he would appeal on a vehicle in Xiamen in the Han was convicted of violat- against the sentence, ac- eastern province of Fujian, ing laws on public assembly and cording to the government killing 47 people including protests as well as obstruction of Pacifi c Ocean radiation statement. himself, after writing online operation of public service, the A college graduate who he had appealed unsuccess- court said. had studied in Japan, Ma fully to local police 56 times The November 14 rally in- had accumulated more than over social security benefi ts. volved more than 60,000 dem- onstrators, some of whom wield- back near normal: Study ed steel pipes and clashed with Rights activist found dead police wearing riot gear, in the biggest and most violent protest AFP ried radioactive elements back terial,” said Pere Masque, who off Japan’s coast across the Pa- A Chinese human rights stepping incident” with of Park’s presidency, which be- Sydney into the Pacifi c, with currents co-authored the review pub- cifi c to North America. activist has been found dead passengers on a bus, gan in early 2013. dispersing it widely. lished by the Annual Review of Caesium is a by-product of nu- a week after he allegedly the Beijing Times cited Park’s plan to reform the la- Five years on a review by the Marine Science. clear power and is highly soluble killed two people at a bus eyewitnesses as saying. bour market to enable employ- adiation levels across the Scientifi c Committee on Oceanic “However, by 2015 that in water, making it ideal for meas- stop on a Beijing street, local After alighting he ers to dismiss workers based on Pacifi c Ocean are rapidly Research, which brings together number had dropped to less than uring the release of radioactive media said yesterday. allegedly fatally stabbed performance and cap salaries of Rreturning to normal fi ve ocean experts from across the one percent above the limit.” material into the ocean, it said. Jin Zhongqi was found dead two people and injured senior staff to encourage youth years after a meltdown at the world, said radioactive material But the study also found that Although no one is recorded a week after the double a third, before fleeing on employment have prompted Fukushima nuclear plant spewed had been carried as far as the US. the seafl oor and harbour near as having died as a direct result killing, in what appeared to foot, it added. sharp objections from organised gases and liquids into the sea, a But after analysing data from the Fukushima plant were still of the nuclear accident, tens of be a suicide, according to the Police issued a wanted notice labour. study showed yesterday. 20 studies of radioactivity as- highly contaminated in the wake thousands of people were up- Beijing Times newspaper, an for him, off ering a 50,000 KCTU has about 626,000 Japan shut down dozens of sociated with the plant, it found of the world’s worst nuclear ac- rooted, with many still unable to aff iliate of Communist Party yuan ($7,500) reward. members, according to govern- reactors after a magnitude 9.0 radiation levels in the Pacifi c cident since Chernobyl in 1986. return home because of persist- mouthpiece People’s Daily. Ahead of the killings Jin - ment data. earthquake-generated tsunami were rapidly returning to normal “Monitoring of radioactiv- ent contamination. Jin, 59, helped house who had previously been put Rights group Amnesty Inter- on March 11, 2011 triggered one of after being tens of millions of ity levels and sea life in that area Cleaning up Fukushima and homeless petitioners, people under house arrest - posted national said on Monday that the largest ever dumps of nuclear times higher than usual follow- must continue,” added Masque, making the area habitable again who travel to the capital photos on social media of the sentencing was against the material into the world’s oceans. ing the disaster. a professor of environmental ra- is a crucial plank of government in an eff ort to get central people on a bus, saying they right of peaceful assembly in the In the days following the “As an example, in 2011 about diochemistry at the Edith Cowan policy in Japan, with Tokyo keen authorities to right local were state security agents country, saying Han was pun- quake and explosions at Fuku- half of fi sh samples in coastal University in Western Australia. to prove nuclear power is a viable government malfeasance. who were following him, ished as an organiser of an event shima, seawater meant to cool waters off Fukushima contained The research examined radio- form of energy production for On June 27, Jin got into fellow activist Dong Jiqin for the acts of others who en- the nuclear reactors instead car- unsafe levels of radioactive ma- active caesium levels measured the resource-poor nation. an argument over a “toe said. gaged in violence. Gulf Times 16 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 BRITAIN/IRELAND

Decision to leave EU makes united Ireland suddenly thinkable

Reuters Eighteen years after a peace deal the European Union, with 56% in For years, a fi rm majority of peo- The Brexit referendum suggests and Britain in the European Un- the border may hold either pass- Belfast ended decades of fi ghting between favour, even though Britain as a ple in Northern Ireland — many a new centre ground could form of ion was a cornerstone of the 1998 port or both, with little practical mainly Catholic nationalists who whole voted to leave the bloc. Catholics as well as nearly all Prot- people from both faith communi- agreement that ended the fi ghting eff ect on how they are treated by favour a united Ireland and mainly “I was always a ‘small u’ union- estants — have favoured continu- ties who fear the economic uncer- over whether the predominately either state. rotestant unionists are Protestant unionists who favour ist. But I could not in all good con- ing as part of the United Kingdom, tainty of leaving the EU. Protestant six counties of north- Although Northern Irish citi- queuing for Irish passports remaining part of the United King- science say I could vote for North- drawn to the status quo as a guar- “People are saying for the fi rst east Ireland should be British or zens are entitled to passports from Pin Belfast and once quiet dom, Britain’s Brexit vote is mak- ern Ireland to remain a member of antee of stability and prosperity. time in their life they would vote Irish. EU rules ensure free trade Ireland, many unionists would not Catholic nationalists are openly ing people on both sides of the di- the UK,” said Christopher Wood- But that has been jeopardised at for united Ireland, having never and travel, and allow British or apply for them. But there were sev- campaigning for a united Ireland, vide in Northern Ireland think the house, a 25-year-old from Belfast. a stroke by the prospect that Brit- contemplated it before,” said Ste- Irish citizens to work, claim ben- eral unionists in a queue seeking signs of deep shifts in the United unthinkable. “I am softening to the idea of ain could quit the European Union ven Agnew, the leader of the Green efi ts and be treated in hospitals in Irish passport application forms at Kingdom’s most troubled province Northern Ireland, like neigh- Irish unity, purely on economic is- and Scotland break away from the Party in Northern Ireland. either country. the main post offi ce in Belfast this since Britain voted to leave the EU. bouring Scotland, voted to stay in sues,” he said. “I am a European.” United Kingdom. The membership of both Ireland People living on either side of week.

A COLOURFUL CAREER ENDS

Nigel Farage devoted his career to campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union, a goal that once seemed impossible but which he helped achieve with an unashamedly populist message. Farage quits Farage resigned as leader of the UK Independ- ence Party (Ukip) yesterday, saying the seis- mic vote to leave the 28-member bloc on June 23 “means that my political ambition has been achieved”. The 52-year-old is a political outsider who repeatedly failed to win election to the parlia- as Ukip chief ment, but his role in securing Brexit has secured his place in history. It was partly to counter the electoral threat of Ukip that Prime Minister David Cameron called the vote in 2013, and Farage played a high-profi le role in the campaign — despite being excluded from the offi cial “Leave” group. in wake of Farage — a member of the European Parliament since 1999 — led the Brexit agenda with a relent- less focus on ending mass migration from within the EU, and by urging the public to give the “politi- cal elites” a bloody nose. The former commodities trader cultivated the image of a man of the people, often being photo- Brexit vote graphed with a drink in his hand, and his message to “take back control” resonated with many older, white, blue collar voters. Reuters “During the referendum to succeed Cameron, who has He toured Britain relentlessly during the ref- London campaign, I said ‘I want my said he will leave it to his suc- erendum campaign, arriving at each location country back’. What I’m say- cessor to withdraw from the on a battle bus that blasted out the theme to ing today, is, ‘I want my life EU. wartime fi lm The Great Escape. But he was fre- he leader of the right- back,’ and it begins right now.” Theresa May, a party stal- quently accused of taking his populist message wing UK Independence The acrimonious leadership wart who has run the law- too far, notably with a poster showing a queue TParty yesterday said battles in the main political and-order portfolio in the of brown-skinned migrants under the headline he was stepping down after parties have added to uncer- Cabinet for six years, is the ‘Breaking Point’, which was condemned by other realising his ambition to win tainty at a time when Britain is favourite to succeed Cameron “Leave” campaigners. a vote for Britain to leave the embarking on its biggest con- despite having campaigned to He also caused controversy by suggesting EU, the latest twist in a dra- stitutional change since the remain in the EU. women in Britain may be at risk of mass sex at- matic reshaping of the na- dissolution of its empire in the According to bookmakers, tacks by migrants. tion’s politics. decades after World War II. her strongest rival is Andrea Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said The departure of brash The government, which Leadsom, 53, a junior minis- he was “giving legitimisation to racism”. Ulti- former commodities trader failed to convince voters that ter who was unknown to most mately, however, Farage triumphed — and the Nigel Farage would sideline a Leave vote would wreck the Britons before the referen- joy at winning was apparent when he returned one of the most outspoken and economy, is now racing to re- dum campaign but was widely to the European Parliament after the Brexit vote. effective anti-EU campaign- duce the damage. judged to have mounted an ef- “When I came here 17 years ago and I said I ers from the debate about how fective case for ‘Leave’ in an wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to leave to sever Britain’s ties with the “During the referendum eve-of-vote televised debate the EU, you all laughed at me. But you are not other 27 countries in the bloc. campaign, I said ‘I want seen by millions. laughing now,” he said. But it could also give his my country back’. What If the betting odds are cor- In his 10 years as leader, Farage has almost Ukip party — which under I’m saying today, is, ‘I want rect, Britain is on course to get single-handedly made Ukip a major force in Britain’s winner-takes-all my life back,’ and it begins its fi rst woman prime minister British politics, even though it only has one MP. election system won just one right now” since Margaret Thatcher left Cameron once dismissed it as a party of “fruit- seat in parliament last year offi ce in 1990. cakes, loonies and closet racists”, but in the last despite capturing 12.6% of George Osborne, the fi- She and May are opposed by general election it won almost 13% of the vote. the vote — an opportunity to nance minister, has aban- three other candidates: Work Farage was born in 1964 to an affl uent fam- select a less polarising figure doned his target of balancing and Pensions Minister Stephen ily in Kent. His father was a stockbroker and an and take on the mainstream the budget within four years Crabb, former defence minister alcoholic and his parents divorced when he was in a radically altered political and floated the idea on Sun- Liam Fox and Justice Secretary fi ve. environment. day of a quick cut in corporate Michael Gove. He was educated at one of England’s top pri- The June 23 ‘Brexit’ vote to tax to 15% from 20%. Gove, a Leave campaigner, vate schools, Dulwich College in London, where leave the EU has thrown both Labour accused him of try- caused high political drama he says his headmaster saw him as “bloody- the two main political parties ing to turn Britain into an off- last week by turning against minded and diffi cult”. Rather than attending into disarray, with the ruling shore tax haven. his ally, former London mayor university, he followed his father into the City of Conservatives seeking a re- Britain has no firm plan for Boris Johnson, and driving London, where he became a commodities trader. placement for Prime Minister how it wants to proceed in ne- him from the race. Farage has four children — two boys by his David Cameron and lawmak- gotiations with the EU over a Despite the 52% referen- fi rst wife and two girls with his German second ers from the main opposition future relationship. dum vote, Britain has not yet wife Kirsten. Having supported the Conserva- Labour Party voting to with- European leaders say Lon- invoked Article 50 of the EU’s tives since his school days, he joined Ukip in draw confidence in leader Jer- don must choose between Lisbon Treaty to begin the 1993 as a founder member and was elected to the emy Corbyn. continuing to allow free formal process of breaking European Parliament in 1999, aged 35. “I have never been, and I movement of EU citizens, or away. Farage became Ukip’s leader in 2006 before have never wanted to be, a expulsion from the common While all the candidates to standing down in 2009 and then being re-elect- career politician. My aim in market. succeed Cameron say there ed the following year, when the party’s ascent being in politics was to get This week will see the Con- is no going back, some anti- really began. Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, is approached by a man as Britain out of the European servatives start the process of Brexit politicians say it is still he arrives for a news conference in central London yesterday. Union,” Farage told reporters. whittling down the candidates not a foregone conclusion.

London ‘must not block Brexit talks should new Scotland referendum’ be short: Leadsom Reuters Her position diff ers from May, London who backed the “Remain” cam- Reuters cause it would not be democratic. First Minister Nicola Stur- paign and believes Article 50, London However, she said that she geon has described the possi- which starts the formal process would campaign strongly against bility of a new vote on secession alks over Britain’s de- of EU withdrawal, might not be holding another referendum. as “highly likely” in the wake parture from the EU invoked until next year. second referendum on “Constitutionally the UK gov- of the vote for Brexit, but has Tshould be as short as Leadsom has said she will Scottish independence ernment shouldn’t block it, no,” pledged fi rst to try to investi- possible to avoid prolonged trigger Article 50 as quickly as Afrom the United King- she told BBC TV.“I would argue gate all means possible of keep- uncertainty, prime ministe- possible if she wins. dom should not be blocked by as strongly as I could that we ing Scotland in the EU. rial candidate Andrea Leadsom “I intend to keep the nego- Britain’s next prime minister, should stay part of our biggest Davidson said that the SNP said yesterday as she launched tiations as short as possible,” the leader of the Scottish Con- market and closest friend.” had been premature in talking up her leadership bid. she told reporters yesterday. servatives has said, in a boost to the prospects of a second inde- Setting out her stall as the “Neither we, nor our European nationalists who wish to protect “This is a major pendence referendum. “Leave” alternative to front- friends, need prolonged uncer- Scotland’s status in the EU. concession by the She added that while talk of a runner Theresa May, Leadsom tainty and not everything needs Scotland overwhelmingly vot- Scottish Conservative new vote was destabilising, she said it was in the interests of to be negotiated before Arti- ed to stay in the European Union party which earlier said would not advise a new British EU countries to do a tariff -free cle 50 is triggered, and the exit on June 23, putting it at odds with they would stand against prime minister to overrule the trade deal with Britain, with- process is concluded.” England and Wales which voted a second referendum” Scottish government on consti- out the UK having to allow She said she would guarantee to leave. tutional grounds. continued free movement of the rights of EU nationals living The result has put independ- Cameron announced he would The SNP said Davidson’s com- people. in Britain, something that May ence back on the agenda because resign after the vote for Brexit, ments marked a change in tack “Democratically elected Eu- has not done. many Scots voted to stick with and candidates to replace him on her attitude towards a second ropean parliaments will take Leadsom, a former energy the union in a 2014 referendum have poured cold water on the referendum. pragmatic decisions about minister and economic sec- because it guaranteed EU mem- prospects for a second independ- “This is a major and signifi cant what’s in their interest and they retary to the Treasury, joined bership. ence vote. concession by the Scottish Con- will choose to give tariff -free ac- other candidates in ruling out a Ruth Davidson, who leads The Scottish Conservative and servative party since the Scottish cess to the UK,” she added. new general election following Prime Minister David Cam- Unionist party became the sec- Parliament elections less than “That will not be, I don’t the leadership contest. eron’s ruling Conservative party ond biggest party in Scotland’s 60 days ago, when they said they think, a bargaining chip around She also said she would keep in Scotland, said that the gov- devolved parliament in May would stand against a second ref- free movement.” the United Kingdom together ernment in Westminster should elections this year, and the pro- erendum and claimed there was Leadsom, 53, second-favour- despite calls in pro-EU Scotland not deny Scotland another in- independence Scottish National no mandate for one,” a spokes- Conservative Party leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom delivers a ite in the race to succeed David for a second independence ref- dependence vote in the wake of Party is now just short of a ma- man for First Minister Nicola speech to launch her bid to become the Conservative party leader in Cameron, was a leading fi gure erendum after last month’s EU Britain’s vote to leave the EU be- jority. Sturgeon said in a statement. London yesterday. in the campaign to leave the EU. vote. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 17

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DECISION ENTERTAINMENT POLICY VERDICT CRIME Kin of war dead to boycott New Top Gear host Govt signals rethink on Drug smugglers Man pleads guilty after Chilcot report release Evans steps down Land Registry sell-off jailed for 94 years baby shot with air gun

The long-awaited Chilcot inquiry report into TV and radio star Chris Evans yesterday said he The government has signalled that its Six men have been sentenced to over 94 years A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the Iraq war will be boycotted by relatives was leaving BBC motoring show Top Gear after controversial plan to private the UK Land in prison for their part in handling class A drugs grievous bodily harm after a one-year-old of some of the 179 Britons killed in the his first series at the helm ended with audiences Registry is likely to face defeat in parliament smuggled into the UK using a fleet of fake Dutch baby was shot in the head with an air pistol conflict, who fear it will be a “whitewash”. at an all-time low. “Stepping down from Top after a debate in which lawmakers on all sides ambulances. Most of the men worked as couriers in Bristol. Jordan Walters appeared at the The 2mn-word report, seven years in the Gear,” he said on Twitter. “Gave it my best shot spoke passionately against the sell-off . George for James Gibson, 57, a drug dealer who had Bristol Magistrates Court yesterday. The child, making, will be unveiled by Sir John Chilcot but sometimes that’s not enough. The team are Freeman, a minister in the department of connections to criminal gangs in Holland. The who cannot be identified for legal reasons, today. Tony Blair, prime minister when beyond brilliant, I wish them all the best.” Evans business, conceded that the government had National Crime Agency used mobile data analysis is in a critical condition with head injuries at Britain went to war, has said he will not and former Friends star Matt LeBlanc took over heard “loud and clear” the views expressed and CCTV footage to link him to several deliveries Bristol Children’s Hospital. Police were called make any comment until the report is made as co-hosts of the global hit show after Jeremy by all parties, including an observation by an after discovering the word ‘Gibbo’ written on a to a flat in Bishport Avenue in the Hartcliff e public. The International Criminal Court has Clarkson was dropped by the BBC because he opposition MP who argued: “If it ain’t broke, list of 20 names found in an ambulance they had area of Bristol shortly after 4pm on Friday indicated that the former Labour leader will hit and verbally abused a producer last year. don’t fix it”. The Land Registry, established under surveillance that was “rammed” full of when neighbours reported hearing a child not be liable for prosecution, reiterating its Clarkson and his former Top Gear co-hosts more than 150 years ago, is a record which drugs. When they first made arrests in June 2015, “screaming and screaming”. Walters and his conclusion 10 years ago that the decision to Richard Hammond and James May are making a holds and maintains the data for around 24mn police found cocaine and 22,000 ecstasy tablets partner Emma Jane Horseman, 23, were both go to war is not within its jurisdiction. new motoring-focused show for Amazon.com. property titles across England and Wales. hidden behind panels in the vehicle. charged over the incident. Andrew ‘tried Queen’s wardrobe goes on display to broker land deal for Kazakh oligarch’

Guardian News and Media tate on some joint development London projects”. Everett responded that the Duke of York should contact the crown estate’s London offi ce rince Andrew acted as a for information about property broker for a Kazakh oli- in Kensington. But he also hinted Pgarch who wanted to buy a the duke’s offi ce should cease its London home from the Queen’s intermediary role on Sunninghill estate, documents released un- saying: “I think I should now deal der the Freedom of Information direct with the incoming pur- Act have revealed. chasers on any detail relating to The Duke of York’s offi ce tried the site.” to secure a crown estate property The crown estate said that no near Kensington Palace for the deal on any London properties oil and gas tycoon Timur Kuli- went through as a result of the bayev at the same time as his intervention, but Tim Farron, the marital home of Sunninghill Park leader of the Liberal Democrats, was being sold to the billionaire said the duke’s role was “unac- for £3mn over the asking price. ceptable” and “looks very fi shy”. The duke was a government “The prince’s offi ce needs to trade envoy at the time of the come clean on what happened,” Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut poses for photographers as she shows off a preview of an exhibition entitled ‘Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s attempted deal for Kulibayev, he said. “His offi ce should not be Wardrobe,’ charting the reign of Queen Elizabeth through a display of her formal and informal outfits, at Buckingham Palace, in central London, yesterday. son-in-law of the Kazakh presi- lobbying in this way. While we dent, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Its have a housing crisis we should emergence is likely to fuel calls be helping London families in for further investigation into his need to get a home to call their dealings with the regime. own and not just helping rich According to the e-mails re- business contacts.” leased to the Mail on Sunday, the Two months later, the £15mn duke of York’s private secretary, sale of the Duke of York’s Berk- Amanda Thirsk, urged the crown shire mansion to Kulibayev was estate to sell one of its valuable fi nalised. Kensington properties to Kuli- “We’re not aware of any trans- Eagle tells Corbyn to go or bayev, saying: “They are happy action taking place in London to spend very large numbers to connected with this e-mail,” said get the right property.” a spokesperson for the crown es- Thirsk wrote to Philip Everett, tate, which owns £12bn worth of a crown estate offi cial at Wind- property on behalf of the sover- sor Great Park: “They (the buy- eign. “In any event, all our trans- face leadership challenge ers) are desperate to buy/lease a actions are carried out in fully property in Kensington and are commercial terms in line with London Evening Standard seyside MP, who quit as shadow Eagle said. “He is not properly sions secretary last week. able to name a shadow disabili- aware of the houses owned by our statutory remit.” London business secretary last week. engaged with even the deputy Eagle’s move came just hours ties minister or shadow children crown estate near to KP (Ken- The Labour MP Chris Bry- “I have the support to run and leader of the party, who was after Manuel Cortes, general and families minister after so sington Palace).” ant said: “It’s quite wrong for a resolve this impasse and I will do elected with a mandate too. It is secretary of the TSSA union, many resignations from the La- The e-mail, sent on July 12, member of the royal family to act mbattled Labour leader so if Jeremy doesn’t take action now time that he did so.” urged MPs to “put up or shut up”. bour frontbench. 2007, added: “He asked if it would as some kind of estate agent for Jeremy Corbyn was given soon.” Eagle appeared to confi rm Unions say they are off ering to But the Hayes and Harling- be possible to sit down with you Kazakh billionaires who are try- Ean ultimatum yesterday: She also accused Corbyn of with her statement that she has broker a compromise but there ton MP, Corbyn’s righthand and discuss what might be be- ing to buy up crown estate prop- resign or face a leadership chal- refusing to engage fully with the backing of 50 MPs or MEPs were claims support for Corbyn man, appealed for calm in La- coming available in the coming erty in London, which seems to lenge. deputy leader Tom Watson to for a leadership challenge. She was waning in the Unison and bour ranks, criticising “mass years … All in all, I agree with him be what’s happening here. The The blunt warning came from try to fi nd a way out of the lead- had been expected to launch GMB unions. hysteria” at Westminster. “I’ve that the three of us should have a only person who can clear this up senior Labour MP Angela Eagle, ership crisis tearing the party a leadership bid last week but Corbyn’s inner circle have never seen anything like it, al- meeting in September to review is Prince Andrew himself and it’s who said she had the backing to apart. Last Tuesday, Labour MPs is believed to have been talked been accused of stopping MPs legations being made, claims all of the above. Would September about time he did so.” end the deadlock over Corbyn’s voted 172 to 40 to pass a motion into delaying it as attempts were from meeting him to tell him to being made. Untruths being 11 work for you? We could come Buckingham Palace said the future. of no confi dence in Corbyn. made to agree on a “unity” can- go. But shadow chancellor John said,” he added. down to Windsor.” sale of Sunninghill Park “was a “There are many people, MPs, “It’s a week since Jeremy lost didate. McDonnell said the Labour lead- On Monday, Unite boss Len Thirsk also asked about a straight commercial transaction party members up and down the that vote of no confi dence and Allies of Watson have been er had an “open door” to see in- McCluskey said Corbyn was the deal for two pieces of land next between the trust which owned country, asking me to resolve the there are many other people up urging him to stand but so have dividual MPs, including Watson. victim of a “political lynching” to Sunninghill and said they the house and the trust which impasse and I will if something and down the country wanting supporters of Owen Smith, who In a sign of the paralysis grip- but insisted the leader would not wanted to “work with crown es- bought it”. isn’t done soon,” said the Mer- him to consider his position,” quit as shadow work and pen- ping Labour, McDonnell was un- quit.

Cityscape Police eye drones to Teen knifed to death chase moped raiders while trying to fl ee gang London Evening Standard fi culties in tackling moped gangs London due to the dangers of pursuing them. London Evening Standard road. Mark Gettleson, who A-levels at Chelsea Academy. The pursuit of two-wheeled London lives nearby, said he heard One of his cousins described cotland Yard is examining vehicles is not outlawed but the cries of shop staff as they him as a “caring and lovely” the use of drones to pur- Mackey said there were factors for tried to help the teenager boy with a bright future and Ssue moped-riding thieves offi cers to consider. He said the teenager was stabbed when he collapsed opposite said his mother was “dis- through the streets of London. Met was reviewing all its options to death in front of the “World Famous Portobello traught”. She was being com- The Met has launched a review and considering all available tac- A horrified London tour- Market” sign. forted by family members at of pursuit tactics after an inquest tics, including the use of drones. ists and passers-by as he tried “I heard commotion then their home just minutes from jury found Henry Hicks, 18, died Police are battling to combat a to flee from a gang of youths someone scream, ‘Did any- the crime scene. when his moped crashed during a rise in drive-by snatches focused on bikes. body see anything?’” said The cousin added: “All we high-speed chase. in Camden and Islington. Figures The 17-year-old, named Gettleson. “Police were talk- have been told is that he was The teenager, who was not sus- have showed there were 3,000 locally as Fola Orebiyi, col- ing to the poor boy who was stabbed in the neck. There pected of theft, was trying to fl ee phone thefts in the two boroughs lapsed and bled to death in in a bloody heap on the floor. has been an outpouring of police in two unmarked cars when in the past 12 months. Portobello Road on Sunday There were two large pools love for him. He was a person he died in Islington in 2014, the The Met said: “The possi- night, just yards from busy of blood where he had stag- people wanted to know and be jury at St Pancras coroner’s court bilities of unmanned aerial ve- pubs and restaurants. gered down the road before around.” found last week. One police driver hicles to tackle suspects using Witnesses said the former collapsing. People saw him Neighbour Osman Sahal denied it had been a pursuit. two-wheeled and four-wheeled pupil of Holland Park School, fall down and try to get to his said half-an-hour before the Separately, two offi cers are vehicles to commit crime are who was studying A-levels, feet again. Police and medics murder “I saw him outside under criminal investigation af- currently being discussed at a ter Lewis Johnson, 18, died when national level by the National was knifed in the neck close tried to resuscitate him for a the house, everything looked his scooter crashed near Clapton Police Chiefs’ Council’s steer- to Westbourne Grove and long time. normal. He was a nice boy, Common in February, following ing group and the Centre for Portobello Arts Club at about “This will shake people very considerate. As far as I a chase by police cars and a heli- Applied Science and Technol- 8.45pm. Paramedics tried to around here to the core. It’s knew he was never in trou- copter. Offi cers were pursuing the ogy. save him but he died at the absolutely tragic. We need to ble.” scooter following an earlier theft. Aviation expert Julian Bray said scene. He was the fourth teen- get the individuals who did Friends paid tribute to the Deputy commissioner Craig police could use drones in place ager to be stabbed to death in this off our streets. We need teenager, posting a picture of Mackey, speaking at a meeting of a helicopter. He said: “It would London this year. to understand why our chil- him with a garland of flowers. of the London Assembly’s Police be much cheaper and the drone A fight is said to have bro- dren are turning to such hor- Scotland Yard said a murder The sun is visible through a window of the Shard building in and Crime Committee, said crime could sit over an area and direct ken out on a nearby estate be- rific violent acts.” inquiry had been launched central London. involving thieves on two wheels ground units to the fl eeing car or fore Fola was chased into the Fola was said to be studying and there were no arrests. was rising but that police face dif- motorbike.” Gulf Times 18 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 EUROPE

IT’S A RECORD BRUTAL HISTORY HONOURED RECUPERATION UNPAID WAGES Italy town claims world’s Poland rejects anti-Semitism Sophia Loren to be given Berlusconi to be released biggest group hug on anniversary of programme honorary Naples citizenship from hospital today

Authorities at the medieval town of Bergamo President Andrzej Duda yesterday pledged to Italian movie legend Sophia Loren was Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, who in northern Italy yesterday claimed to have fight racism and anti-Semitism 70 years after told yesterday she would receive honorary is recovering from open-heart surgery, will established a new record for the world’s biggest dozens of Polish Holocaust survivors were citizenship from Naples, the city where she grew be released from hospital today to continue collective hug, in a local tourist board stunt to massacred in a brutal pogrom. “It’s the army up and the location for many of the classic films rehabilitation therapy from home, a statement publicise a heritage site. On his Facebook page, and militia that opened fire first” on the Jewish she has starred in. The award was proposed said. Milan’s San Raff aele Hospital, where Bergamo Mayor Giorgio Gori wrote that 11,507 inhabitants of the southern city of Kielce, by Mayor Luigi de Magistris and approved by Berlusconi was operated on nearly three people hugged on Sunday along the 5km perimeter Duda said during ceremonies marking the a city council resolution, which hailed Loren weeks ago, said yesterday he would continue of the 500-year-old walls that surround the anniversary. On July 4, 1946, Kielce erupted in as “an authentic and absolute treasure for to be looked after by its doctors and staff as historic town. “It is a record,” Mayor Gori declared. a frenzy of hatred after a rumour spread that Naples and our entire country,” the municipality he moves into his villa in Arcore, a 20km drive “Bergamo is off icially a record-setting city,” local a Jewish family had held a Christian boy in a said on Facebook. The 81-year-old actress is from the facility. Berlusconi, who turns 80 in tourist board Visit Bergamo added on its website. cellar overnight. Communist police, soldiers to be honoured in a ceremony Saturday at September, had surgery to treat a “severe aortic However, a spokeswoman for the Guinness World and workers from a nearby steelworks raided a the medieval Castel Nuovo, one of Naples’ insuff iciency” that put his life in danger. Employees of bankrupt Athens luxury Hotel Records told DPA that it could be “up to 12 weeks” house on 7/9 Planty Street sheltering Holocaust landmarks. Oscar-winner Loren rose to fame in Doctors said the June 14 operation went well and Ledra march in central Athens, demanding before the result would be certified. survivors. At least 42 Jews were killed. the 1950s and was a major Hollywood actor. expect the patient to make a full recovery. payment of their wages.

Jail time sought Brexit limbo remains in ‘Vatileaks’ case

AFP baby that was born in mid-June. Vatican City “They will speak words of ha- tred, they will ask that I be con- demned for a crime that I did not atican prosecutors yes- commit. a headache for EU terday demanded prison “I will listen in silence with Vsentences for a senior Pietro Elijah Antonio (her son) in Reuters clergyman, a communications my arms. I will take him because Brussels consultant and a journalist ac- this trial has also been an ordeal cused of involvement in the leak for him.” of sensitive Holy See documents All fi ve accused have been he European Union says it will not dubbed “Vatileaks”. prosecuted under draconian an- be “paralysed” after Britons voted The prosecution called for ti-leaks legislation, which could Tto leave, but Brussels policymakers three years and nine months have seen them face prison terms say uncertainty over Britain’s future is al- prison for communications con- of between four and eight years. ready complicating the lawmaking proc- sultant Francesca Chaouqui who The law was rushed onto the ess for the rest of the EU. had been involved in a review of Vatican statute book in 2013 as a As London waits, possibly for months, Vatican fi nances and is accused result of the fallout from the fi rst for a successor to Prime Minister David of both “inspiring” and of ulti- Vatileaks scandal, which centred Cameron to start negotiating an exit that mate responsibility for the leaks. on secrets divulged by the butler will retain its easy access to EU markets, Chaouqui is accused of con- of now-retired Pope Benedict XVI. some Europeans fear that Britain could spiring with a Spanish Vatican The Vatican has been criti- obstruct legislation to strengthen its offi cial, monsignor Angel Vallejo cised by press freedom groups hand. Balda, and his assistant, to leak for pursuing the prosecution of “We cannot aff ord to be stuck in limbo. data and documents they had the two journalists, who say they The British must not hold the EU to ran- access to as members of a com- were only doing their jobs by re- som,” former Belgian premier Guy Ver- mission appointed by Francis to vealing problems that they claim hofstadt told the European Parliament in spearhead a fi nancial clean-up believers and the broader public a Brexit debate last week. shortly after his election in 2013. have a right to know about. But despite his call, echoed across Prosecutors called for a sen- The books published by Nuzzi Brussels, for Britain to launch the two- tence of three years and one and Fittipaldi depict the Vatican year process of withdrawal, Cameron has month for Balda who is being bureaucracy that Francis inher- left that to whoever the party chooses to held on remand in Vatican prison ited three years ago as being on replace him in September. but is being allowed out on day the verge of implosion thanks to Some frontrunners for Conservative release and one year and nine a toxic cocktail of chronic over- leader say they see no hurry to trigger months for his assistant Nicola spending, fl awed accounting Article 50 of the EU treaty, the start of Maio. systems and serious irregulari- formal negotiations to leave the bloc, and The two journalists on trial, ties in several departments which some Britons want the referendum result Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano may have masked corruption. reversed. Fittipaldi, have published books One of their most striking rev- “It’s slightly surreal,” a British diplo- based on the documents at the elations was that less than 20% mat conceded, as EU leaders rule out any heart of the trial. of donations made by believers discussion of Brexit terms before Article French President Francois Hollande welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives to attend a Western Balkans Prosecutors said that Nuzzi around the world under the Pe- 50 is live, so that EU offi cials and diplo- summit at the Elysee palace in Paris. should be handed a one year sus- ter’s Pence scheme ended up be- mats are in a vacuum. pended sentence but called for ing spent on good works. One gag doing the rounds in Brussels EU leaders reassure Balkan states on accession talks the acquittal of Fittipaldi due to The rest was swallowed up by recalls “Schroedinger’s cat”: as the phys- a lack of evidence. the Vatican bureaucracy, partly icist’s imaginary pet was both alive and European Union leaders yester- lor Angela Merkel and EU’s essential foundation and the Merkel told Balkan leaders The court will deliver its ver- helping to subsidise the luxuri- dead, so Britain is both in the EU and out, day told Balkan nations during foreign policy chief Federica commitments that have been “nothing has changed,” two dicts tomorrow or on Thurs- ous lifestyles of certain Rome- at the table but silent. a summit in Paris that talks on Mogherini, held a meeting with made and we have to continue diplomats quoted her as say- day following a hearing today based cardinals. Britain is scheduled to chair ministerial the states becoming members Balkan leaders in Paris during to work for stability and secu- ing. at which representatives of the The books also highlight ir- councils for six months from next July. of the bloc would continue de- which they underlined their rity in the Balkan countries,” Several of the Balkans lead- accused are expected to submit regularities in the system for But Cameron has also left to a succes- spite a vote by Britain to leave determination to continue the Hollande said. ers told journalists they were their closing arguments. appointing saints which Francis sor whether to go ahead with the presi- the union. accession talks. “I’d like to reassure those “not afraid” of the impact of “I’m sure we’ll all be con- last week moved to address — dency, irritating offi cials who reckon it French President Francois “After the British decision, we countries that the process will Brexit and that the negotiation victed,” Chaouqui wrote on her proof, the journalists say, that takes two years to prepare a good agenda. Hollande, German Chancel- have to remind everyone of our remain underway,” he said. talks should continue. Facebook page before the hear- their work is in the Church’s in- The offi cial line from a British govern- ing, where she appeared with her terest. ment spokesman is: “We remain a part of the EU until negotiations are concluded.” That Brexit has begun is evident in the ain might, depending on who will lead it, Jean-Claude Juncker turned to pro-Leave But British offi cials admit that on mat- European Commission, the EU executive, not trigger Article 50 and use its insider British members to ask: “Why are you Portugal PM will fight to avoid sanctions ters that will not aff ect Britain once it has where British nominee Jonathan Hill re- rights as leverage to force negotiation on here?” left — most issues — they can have little signed, costing London a key role over- a deal for itself. The parliament’s German speaker, The Portuguese government need for new measures this year. say, leaving only short-term business — seeing fi nancial regulation that was seen “They could just be bloody awkward,” Martin Schulz, has told lawmakers there will fi ght to avoid any EU sanc- “We are confi dent about the next year’s EU fi shing quotas, say — in as helping the City against the euro zone. a senior EU offi cial said, fearing Britain will be no change in Britons’ rights, even tions from last year’s excessive targets that we have set,” he said, which diplomats are speaking out. Cameron’s successor can still nomi- could hold councils to ransom. once withdrawal talks start under Article defi cit, Prime Minister Antonio adding that even the European “We are in a holding pattern,” the Brit- nate another commissioner, but cannot States no longer have a veto on many is- 50, until Britain leaves. However, MEPs Costa said yesterday, adding he Commission expects Portugal to ish diplomat said. expect a major job; EU offi cials, stung by sues, however, and one EU envoy warned: formal rights are few; infl uence comes was confi dent about meeting post a 2016 budget gap slightly Legally, British ministers retain full Britain’s shock vote, sneer that London “If the UK makes problems, majority vot- from holding offi ce on committees or this year’s fi scal targets and saw below its threshold for excessive voting power in European councils, in- may get “commissioner for ballet”. ing might be applied quite heartlessly.” steering through legislation. no need for further EU pressure. defi cits of 3% of GDP. cluding a veto on some issues, and, in 751- At the level of summits of national Another senior offi cial said that if Brit- Those posts are shared among multi- “This government will fi ght Portugal had a defi cit of 4.4% seat EU parliament, Britain’s 73 members leaders, too, Cameron saw himself frozen ain does not launch Article 50 this year national groups and lame-duck Britons till the very last minute with all last year and the target this year keep voting. out when the other 27 met last Wednes- and dares be obstructive in the EU to may have to give way to party colleagues its energy so that Portugal does is 2.2%. He would not comment But a Briton has already resigned a key day in his absence. force negotiations, then the Union could from other states, at least by a mid-term not get sanctioned over the re- on media reports that he sent a parliamentary role on climate change, For now, without Britain the Euro- look at its legal options. reshuffl e of jobs in December. sult achieved by the previous letter to European Commission long an issue Britain has led on. pean Council cannot make law, but such Citing EU treaty Article 4 demand- The Conservative leader in the cham- government in 2015,” Costa told President Jean Claude Juncker Legislation due this month to spread meetings will be common once London ing “sincere cooperation” from member ber, Syed Kamall, said his team were reporters. asking him not to apply the sanc- the burden of cutting carbon dioxide triggers Article 50, which keeps it out of states, the offi cial said: “If your action working as normal, but added: “If Article Asked to comment about a tions. emissions could be held up, some offi cials negotiations with itself. paralyses the system then we can legally 50 is triggered then we may need to look Reuters report that the Euro- Costa said that even if the say, while they rework the sums to ex- The divorce is unprecedented and it oblige you.” at how we tackle legislation that won’t pean Commission was set to Commission recommends to clude the bloc’s second-biggest economy is unclear whether Britain should be ex- He acknowledged, though, that such come into force until after our departure.” give Spain and Portugal three apply sanctions this week, they without knowing when, or even if, it will cluded only from explicit talks on Brexit threats from Brussels carry limited Whatever British MEPs do, some of more weeks to take steps to cor- would fi rst have to be mulled leave. or from other debates — on trade policy, weight. their staff are already voting with their rect their excessive defi cits and at the bloc’s meeting of fi nance “We already feel we have lost credibil- say — in which any EU decisions today The European Parliament is also strug- feet: “I’m looking for a job,” a second par- avoid fi scal sanctions, Costa ministers on July 12, and then ity in the eyes of other MEPs,” a UK par- may aff ect Britain as an outside power. gling with Brexit. liamentary aide told Reuters.“Have you said that no steps could fi x last Portugal would have time to re- liamentary source said. More troubling for some is that Brit- Last week, Commission President got any ideas?” year’s defi cit, while he saw no spond to the bloc.

Remains ‘likely’ of German Norway eyes full carbon capture and storage child missing for 15 years Reuters If it goes ahead with the But the transportation of 40% on the lower and ported via pipeline from an Oslo plan, it could help lower and storage infrastructure upper end of the scale. onshore installation and carbon emissions world- is still problematic, with a Three fi rms could cap- into an empty oil and gas uman bone frag- because of lack of evidence those of Peggy),” chief pros- wide: the International En- large up-front investment ture gas at their plants, said reservoir in the North Sea, ments discovered in after a key witness retracted ecutor Herbert Potzel said, y 2022, Norway could ergy Agency says deploy- needed. the ministry: carbon di- said the ministry, citing oil Ha forest in the Ger- his statement. Initial forensic describing the fi ndings as realise every step in ment of CCS technology is Oslo said it could be pos- oxide at an ammonia plant fi rm Statoil. man state of Thuringia are studies point to the girl and “conclusive.” Bthe development of critical to reducing carbon sible to set up every step run by fertiliser-maker The government said “highly likely” the remains investigators said that several However, a statement said a technology many see as emissions but wide adop- in the process within six Yara International and at it would present further of a young girl who disap- items found at the scene were the investigators had not yet critical to reducing global tion of the technology has years, according to a feasi- a waste incinerator owned CCS plans in the 2017 state peared 15 years ago, investi- also linked to Peggy. found reliable evidence on carbon emissions, carbon been frustrated partly due bility study released yes- by Oslo city council, and budget in October. gators said yesterday. A man foraging for mush- the cause of death. capture and storage (CCS), to high costs. terday by the Norwegian oil fl ue gas at a cement factory If the scheme goes Peggy was nine years old rooms found the partially Potzel said that there was it said yesterday. In 2014 Canada’s Sas- and energy ministry. owned by Germany’s Hei- ahead, it would be a big when she went missing on buried remains on Saturday no new suspect yet in the un- Oslo said it could capture katchewan Power opened “The cost for planning delbergCement in southern step for Norway: it had to her way home from school in woodland 15km from Lich- solved case. “Whether it was carbon dioxide from an in- the world’s fi rst coal-fi red and investment for such a Norway. drop plans in 2013 for a on May 7, 2001, prompting a tenberg, Peggy’s hometown. murder, we cannot say at this dustrial plant, transport it power plant retrofi tted chain is estimated at be- The carbon dioxide costly large-scale project major search operation. Further bones were later current stage,” he added. by ship and inject it into an with CCS and there are now tween 7.2bn crowns and could then be transported to capture carbon dioxide A man with learning diffi - uncovered, police spokes- Stadter said that experts empty North Sea oil and gas 15 large-scale CCS projects 12.6bn crowns (excluding by ship, said the ministry, that the then government culties was charged with her man Juergen Stadter said. were working to analyze reservoir for 4.3bn crowns in operation, according to VAT),” it said in a state- citing North Sea gas infra- once compared in ambition murder in 2004, but acquit- “We consider it to be high- countless traces of evidence ($515mn) to 7.6bn crowns the Global CCS Institute, ment, adding the cost es- structure operator Gassco. to sending people to the ted in a retrial 10 years later ly likely (that the remains are found at the scene. ($915mn) by 2022. an Australian-based lobby. timates had an uncertainty Finally it could be trans- Moon. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 19 EUROPE

Nato and Russia talks after Warsaw

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ato is set to hold formal talks with Russia shortly Nafter a summit in War- saw this week where the alliance will endorse a military buildup following the Ukraine confl ict, chief Jens Stoltenberg said yes- terday. In April the Nato-Russia Council held its fi rst meeting since June 2014 when relations were eff ectively frozen, and the talks ended in “profound disa- greements” over Ukraine and other issues. “The Nato-Russia Council has an important role to play as a fo- rum for dialogue” and could “in- crease predictability”, Stolten- berg told reporters in Brussels ahead of the two-day summit starting on Friday. “That is why we are work- ing with Russia to hold another meeting of the council shortly after the summit,” he added. In May Stoltenberg had said Nato member states were aim- ing to try for a meeting of the Nato-Russia Council before the summit. “We were ready to have a meeting before the summit but to be honest it doesn’t matter that much whether it is before or after. The important thing is that it takes place,” Stoltenberg said. The next Nato-Russia meet- A woman is escorted by Italian police off icers in Palermo, Italy, after they arrested people who belonged to an organisation that had smuggled thousands of migrants into Europe from Africa. ing should address “risk reduc- tion, transparency and predicta- bility”, especially after incidents including the downing of a Rus- sian plane on the Turkey-Syria border last year and the buzzing of a US ship in the Baltics, he said. Leaders meeting in the Polish Whistleblower sparks Italy capital this weekend will rub- ber-stamp the 28-nation alli- ance’s biggest military buildup since the Cold War in response to a newly resurgent Russia. Russia’s 2014 intervention in Ukraine and its annexation migrant smuggler dragnet of Crimea stung Nato out of its post-Cold War complacency AFP fano tweeted overnight Sunday in wel- adding that thousands of refugees who kill migrants lacking suffi cient funds to cash pile of 526,000 euros ($585,000) and into a major revamp to boost Rome coming the arrest of 25 Eritreans, 12 have drowned attempting to make per- pay their passage and sell their organs and $25,000 as well as a detailed regis- its readiness and resources to Ethiopians and one Italian on suspicion ilous Mediterranean crossings comprise “to Egyptian traffi ckers,” Italian media ter of the group’s activities. meet a host of new security of smuggling thousands of migrants. only a “small fraction” of the overall reported the man as telling investiga- The largest migrant crisis Europe has challenges. n Eritrean whistleblower has en- The group were detained in co-ordi- death toll. tors. seen since World War II has seen more Finland is set to attend the abled Italian authorities to arrest nated swoops in Rome, northern Italy For the fi rst time, Italian authorities Italian offi cials said the Eritrean had than 10,000 migrants perish since 2014, Warsaw summit as a very close Aa slew of people smugglers in a and Sicily after the 32-year-old Eri- were able to learn from the whistle- revealed the smugglers were also im- including more than 2,800 so far this partner country. nationwide dragnet, police said yester- trean, arrested in Sicily in 2014, agreed blower a detailed description of the porting khat, a drug traditionally largely year, the UN refugee agency UNHCR Asked about possible mem- day. to collaborate in return for offi cial pro- traffi ckers, based in North Africa, Italy grown in the Horn of Africa, and organ- said last month. bership, Stoltenberg said it was “A dangerous criminal network dedi- tection. and other European countries, and their ising bogus marriages for refugees. The closure of the Balkan route ear- “up to the Finns to decide” and cated to migrant traffi cking has been “I decided to co-operate because activities, police said. A police raid on a Rome apartment lier this has sparked an increase in peo- added that it was “absolutely dismantled — no respite for dealers in there have been too many deaths,” au- The Eritrean gave harrowing details last month as part of their investiga- ple risking perilous sea crossings via the unjustifi ed if that provokes reac- death,” Interior Minister Angelino Al- thorities quoted the man as saying, of how traffi ckers would not hesitate to tions into the traffi ckers turned up a Central Mediterranean to Italy. tion”.

Giacometti art trove at centre of Upgraded Soyuz Franco-Swiss legal tussle

By John Miller, Reuters fi scate the drawings and pho- Since the Swiss police in- Zurich tographs, which we have done,” tervened in February 2014, the said Claudio Riedi of the local works have been kept in storage prosecutors’ offi ce in the Swiss at the museum. rich trove of drawings by town of Chur where the museum A Swiss appeals court two Alberto Giacometti and holding the drawings and pho- months ago rejected a bid to at Aphotographs of the re- tos is located. “Whether there least allow the collection to be nowned sculptor and artist has is a separate request for them to exhibited, pending a court ruling. been lying in sealed storage car- be returned is up to the French Stoff el yesterday confi rmed his tons in a Swiss museum for more court.” role as a benefactor to the muse- than two years due to a legal dis- The collection includes 16 Gi- um, but declined direct comment pute over their rightful owner- acometti sketches and 101 pho- on the case. ship. tographs of him by famous pho- Museum director Stephan Swiss prosecutors said they tographers including Man Ray, Kunz and his predecessor, Beat had ordered the seizure of the Henri Cartier-Bresson and Rob- Stutzer, who organised the origi- collection pending a decision by ert Doisneau covering a period nal deal with Stoff el that brought a French court after the Paris- from the 1920s to the 1960s. the collection to Chur, also de- based Alberto and Annette Gi- Though Swiss court docu- clined comment, citing the legal acometti Foundation alleged that ments are heavily redacted — proceedings. the works had been stolen dec- in no place is Giacometti ever Art historians say the collec- ades ago. named — Reuters was able to tion provides an intimate glimpse The Swiss-born Giacometti, reconstruct the case by speak- into the life of Giacometti and his who died in 1966, is one of the ing with people familiar with its contemporaries. best-known sculptors of the details. In one 1946 photo, for in- 20th century. The collection was in Gi- stance, Bresson captures Gi- His “Pointing Man” sold last acometti’s possession when he acometti and his wife descending year at Christie’s for $141mn, the died in Chur in 1966, but may a staircase to his Parisian studio. largest sum ever for a sculpture. have changed hands among fam- Another shows him sculpting But the legal tussle over a ily members before fi nding its in the Swiss village of Stampa in relatively obscure collection of way to an unidentifi ed “great 1964, two years before his death drawings and photos has played art lover” in Switzerland around from heart and lung disease. out quietly, in lawyers’ offi ces 1998, according to the Swiss And in a sketch dashed off and hushed museum corridors in court documents. almost casually on a magazine what Swiss courts call a “pros- After learning of the collection page, Giacometti off ers his ren- ecution against unknown per- in 2009, the Grisons Art Muse- dition of a Picasso nude on the sons” by French authorities. um in Chur enlisted Remo Stof- facing page — art imitating art. The Foundation in Paris, home fel, a local real estate tycoon and “It off ers a very important to some 5,000 Giacometti works, patron, to buy it for more than documentation of the artist and the world’s largest collection, has $1mn. his private side,” said Katharina not said whom it accuses of theft. Stoff el then loaned it to the fa- Ammann, a Swiss art expert who Sabine Longin, director of cility for 15 years. helped produce a catalogue of the The Soyuz MS spacecraft being transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. development at the founda- With the collection’s fi rst pub- works that accompanied the 2011 Russia’s space agency is preparing to launch the new version of the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 7, with tion, told Reuters it would speak lic exhibition in 2011, however, exhibition. a crew of Russian, American and Japanese astronauts. Soyuz MS replaces the Soyuz TMA-M series spacecraft which have been used publicly of the issue only after the foundation in Paris lodged a “It is also the perfect accom- for ISS expeditions since 2010. Crewmembers Kate Rubins of Nasa, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan the ownership battle had been complaint alleging the works had paniment for the few Giacometti Aerospace Exploration Agency, will test modified spacecraft systems for two days, according to Nasa, before docking with the station resolved. been “fraudulently stolen,” Swiss works already part of the Grisons where they plan to spend about four months. “They have asked us to con- documents indicate. museum’s collection.” Gulf Times 20 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 INDIA

PEOPLE JUDICIARY AGREEMENT INVESTIGATION E-COMMERCE Veteran Congress leader SC reserves order on Himachal takes over Court dismisses Book flights, order Uma Shankar Mishra dies big diesel cars ban ESIC medical college Achuthanandan’s plea food on Snapdeal

Veteran Congress leader Uma Shankar Mishra, The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its An agreement was signed between the Himachal The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed former Snapdeal yesterday announced the launch of who had been in charge of many election order on pleas for lifting its ban on diesel cars Pradesh government and the Employees State Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan’s various services on its platform where users can campaigns of the Gandhi family from the Rae with engine capacity of 2,000cc and above Insurance Corp (ESIC) yesterday for transfer of ESIC petition demanding a Central Bureau of book flight and bus tickets, reserve hotels and Bareli parliamentary constituency in Uttar in New Delhi even as the central government Hospital and Medical College in Mandi town to the Investigation probe into the Kozhikode ice-cream order their favourite food. For this, Snapdeal Pradesh, died yesterday. He was 92 and unwell argued for it while opposing imposition of any state. It was signed by state Principal Secretary parlour sex case. The alleged sex racket in the has partnered with Cleartrip, redBus, UrbanClap for some time. The news brought hundreds environment cess. Seeking modification of Prabodh Saxena and ESIC Regional Director Ashok early 1990s involved an ice cream parlour in and Zomato. Online services have to potential of Congress members to his home in Rae the court’s December 16, 2015 order, Attorney Chandra in Shimla. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Kozhikode in Kerala. Several young girls allegedly to become $100bn industry by 2020. “As we Bareli to pay their respects. Mishra came in General Mukul Rohatgi urged the bench was among the dignitaries present. Constructed at were victims of the racket. Achuthanandan’s build the country’s most reliable and frictionless close contact with the Gandhis in 1951 when headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, that “no a cost of Rs9.2bn, the hospital has been given on petition was filed in the court in October 2013 commerce ecosystem, the introduction of he worked with Feroze Gandhi in Jawaharalal cess should be levied by the court as the state lease to the state for 99 years, an off icial statement after the Kerala High Court disallowed it. services on Snapdeal is a big leap forward in Nehru’s son-in-law’s campaign from Rae Bareli is off ering” to come back with a report on the said. The state has to refund Rs2.85bn in five annual Achuthanandan has been pursuing the case as, catering to nearly all the consumption needs in the first general election. He later acted as issue. The central government’s stand came in instalments beginning two years after the start of according to him, the prime accused is former of our customers,” Rohit Bansal, co-founder of campaign manager for Indira Gandhi, Sonia the course of hearing a batch of petitions by car the college, which will have 100 MBBS seats. The Kerala minister P K Kunhalikutty. The court also Snapdeal, said in a statement. Customers will also Gandhi, Arun Nehru, Sheila Kaul and Satish manufacturers seeking lifting of the ban on big college complex has four blocks, a library, a five- came down heavily on the veteran politician, be able to get exciting off ers on these services Sharma, all Congress candidates from Rae cars with an off er that it will deposit 1% of such storey administrative block, a nursing college and saying the court’s precious time should not be on Snapdeal. Users will also be able to access the Bareli at diff erent times. cars’ cost as environment cess. seven museums. used to settle political scores. service providers through Snapdeal’s app.

Rain dance Former director PM to rejig of exam board arrested cabinet today

IANS Patna with eye on olice arrested Bihar School Examination Board’s Pformer secretary Srinivas Chander Tiwari over the Class 12 toppers scam, offi cials said. “The SIT (special investigat- ing team) has arrested Tiwari on UP election the basis of evidence against him in connection with the toppers Opposition dismisses of a cabinet reshuffl e since the scam during the ongoing probe,” ‘cosmetic changes’ prime minister met his council Patna Senior Superintendent of of ministers here on June 30 and Police Manu Maharaj said. Agencies reviewed important projects and Last month, the SIT arrested New Delhi works of various ministries. the board’s former secretary Modi had earlier met Shah and Harihar Nath Jha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to The SIT also arrested former rime Minister Narendra discuss the issue. Board chairman Lalkeshwar Modi will expand his cabi- The three were expected to Prasad and his wife and former Pnet today, a government meet again later yesterday to give Janata Dal (United) legislator spokesman said, largely fi lling a fi nal shape to the expansion- Usha Sinha from Varanasi in Ut- up vacancies caused by minis- cum-reshuffl e, the sources said. tar Pradesh. Both are lodged in ters resigning or moving to other The reshuffl e will be followed Beur Jail here. roles. by an organisational revamp of Before that, the SIT arrested The spokesman didn’t give de- the BJP, the sources added. Bachcha Rai, the alleged kingpin tails, but sources in the govern- The Congress and the Aam of the scam. Rai is the director ment and the ruling party have Modi: reshuff le Aadmi Party meanwhile said the and principal of the V R College said the changes were unlikely ‘sinking ship’ was making cos- in Vaishali district. He is lodged to aff ect the top four portfolios But there was no word yet on metic changes to garner votes in jail as well. of fi nance, external aff airs, home the elevation of another prob- in the upcoming assembly polls The SIT had already arrested and defence. able, Nirmala Sitharaman, who next year. Class 12 ‘topper’ in Arts, Rubi Rai, Modi is widely expected to holds independent charge of in- Congress leader Tom Vadakkan who said political science is all choose some of his team from dustries and commerce portfo- dubbed the proposed reshuffl e about cooking, after she failed in the most populous state of Ut- lios. a ‘futile exercise’ and said Modi re-test. Her result was also can- tar Pradesh where elections will The likely new faces are Arjun should instead shift his focus on celled. So far, nearly 20 people be held early next year, aiming to Ram Meghwal (Lok Sabha, Rajas- the non-performing ministers. have been arrested in the case, give it more political heft in the than), P P Chaudhary (Lok Sabha, “Reshuffl e should be about police said. government. Rajasthan), Anupriya Patel (Lok merits and performance…There The scam surfaced after Aaj The state is viewed as a crucial Sabha, Uttar Pradesh), Anil Desai are ministries, whose perform- Tak TV channel showed a sting in test for the ruling Bharatiya Ja- (Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra), Ajay ance is much wanting and the which two Class 12 toppers could nata Party in its re-election bid Tamta (Lok Sabha, Uttarakhand), prime minister should focus on not answer even elementary in national elections in 2019. Mahendra Nath Pandey (Lok that instead of trying to show- questions about the subjects they The prime minister is expected Sabha, Uttar Pradesh), Krishna case and do cosmetic changes to ‘topped’ in. to induct nine new ministers. Raj (Lok Sabha, Uttar Pradesh), garner votes,” he said. The sting showed Rubi Rai But BJP sources said a dozen S S Ahluwalia (Lok Sabha, West AAP leader Ashutosh also saying: “Prodikal (read political) names were doing the rounds for Bengal) and Purushottam Rupala trained guns at Modi and said science is about cooking.” induction, promotion or ouster. (Rajya Sabha, Gujarat). nothing would happen by bring- It also showed Saurabh They also said at least nine new According to the sources, this ing in cosmetic changes as the Shreshtha, a Science topper, say- faces may fi nd a place in the min- time around, instead of new government has been a complete ing: “Most reactive element in isterial council while three others members getting calls from the failure. the periodic table is aluminium.” were likely to be promoted to the Prime Minister’ Offi ce, it was Including Modi, there are cur- Both Rubi Rai and Saurabh cabinet. BJP president Amit Shah who rently 64 ministers in the federal Shreshtha belonged to V R Col- Ministers with independent informed them about their likely cabinet and the constitution al- lege. charge - Piyush Goyal (Power, induction into the cabinet. lows for a total of 82. The sting suggested that edu- Coal, and New and Renewable Most of them confi rmed they The revamp comes days before cation in Bihar continues to be a Energy), Dharmendra Pradhan did get a call from the party pres- Modi leaves for a fi ve-day trip to very dubious aff air with the pos- (Petroleum and Natural Gas) and ident. Africa. sibility that cheating and fraud Boys play under an overflowing dam along the Powai lake after heavy rains in Mumbai Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minor- Some have already reached The last cabinet expansion continue on a large scale with of- yesterday. ity Aff airs) - are likely to be pro- Delhi while others are on the way. took place in November 2014, fi cial connivance. moted. There has been speculation when 21 ministers were inducted.

Pravasi Doha’s Bashir Award Salman’s comment ‘insensitive’: Aamir for Adoor Gopalakrishnan stars. There are a host of stars who IANS Mumbai I consider big and this includes his year’s Bashir Award, recipient at a press conference in Hrithik (Roshan), Ranbir (Ka- given by Qatar-based Kozhikode. The press conference poor) and Ranveer (Singh). There TPravasi Doha, is to be pre- was attended by K S Venkitacha- ollywood actor Aamir are so many stars who are hugely sented to acclaimed fi lm director lam, literary critic. Khan, who yesterday said popular. I don’t get into compari- Adoor Gopalakrishnan in Sep- The award committee lauded Bhis friend Salman Khan’s son,” he said. tember in Kochi. the contributions Gopalakrishn “raped woman” comment was Then, he likened himself to a Gopalakrishnan’s famous for his outstanding contributions unfortunate and insensitive, lik- waiter. fi lms include Swayamvaram to the Malayalam cinema in gen- ened himself to a waiter and im- “When I see Salman walking (1972), Elipathayam, Vidheyan, eral and the Indian fi lm cinema in mediately apologised. into a room, it feels like a star has Kodiyettam, Mukhamukham, particular. “He had set a hitherto At the poster launch of his fi lm arrived. When I enter it looks as if Nizhalkuthu, Anantharam and unknown trend in Malayalam Dangal here, Aamir was asked some waiter has entered,” he said. Mathilukal. cinema deviating from the con- about his reaction to Salman’s However, he quickly corrected He is the recipient of the pres- ventional commercial formulas comment that he felt like a “raped himself and added: “I am sorry I tigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award Gopalakrishnan: honour and style in fi lmmaking,” the woman” while walking out of a shouldn’t say that because wait- in 2004 and has also received award committee observed. ring in his role as a wrestler in his ers are great people. I shouldn’t over 40 national and interna- writer, the late Vaikkom Moham- The award carries a cash prize upcoming fi lm Sultan. say that, but when Salman enters tional awards, including British ed Bashir. of Rs50, 000.00, a statuette Aamir said: “I feel.... I was not or Shah Rukh enters it feels like Film Institute award for Elip- Gopalakrishna was selected sculptured by artist Namboodiri present there... (But) going by the a star has come...they are bigger athayam (1981). for the award by a committee and a citation. media reports, what he has said is stars than me,” he said. His fi lms have been screened comprising writer, script writer Pravsi Doha will also present rather unfortunate or rather in- Salman’s “raped woman” com- in international fi lm festivals in and director M T Vasudevan Nair at the award-giving ceremony sensitive.” ment didn’t go down too well Cannes, Berlin, London, Toronto (chairman and chief patron), the Prof M N Vijayan endowment Asked if he spoke to his Andaaz with a lot of people. and Rotterdam. Prof M A Rahman, Babu Mather, scholarship of Rs15, 000 to a bril- Apna Apna co-actor or gave him The National Commission for The annual Bashir Award was K K Sudhakaran and P Shemzud- liant student who needs fi nancial any advice, Aamir said: “No I Women (NCW) and the Shiv Sena instituted by Pravasi Doha, a din, founder members of Pravasi support to pursue studies. didn’t speak to him... And who even demanded a public apol- socio-cultural and literary or- Doha, and C V Rappai, former Pravasi Doha has been organ- am I to give him advice?” ogy from Salman. He sent a let- ganisation established in Qatar chairman of Pravasi Doha. ising Indian and international Aamir also said that Salman has ter to NCW via his lawyer but the 23 years ago, and Kerala-based Anees Bashir, son of Vaikkom fi lm festivals in Qatar since 1996 always been a bigger star than him. organisation said it was not an Pravasi Trust. The award is Mohamed Bashir, made the an- besides conducting literary lec- Actor Aamir Khan speaks during the poster launch of his “I feel Shah Rukh, Salman, apology. Now Salman has been named after leading Malayalam nouncement of this year’s award turers and cultural programmes. upcoming film Dangal in Mumbai yesterday. Amitabh Bachchan are bigger summoned by the NCW on July 8. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 21 INDIA

Al Qaeda urges Muslims in India to mount lone wolf attacks

Agencies lows warnings by security of- you. Kill the senior offi cers of merely knives and swords then, the ‘Hindu land’ of India. Security agencies were aware violence, but some security ex- New Delhi fi cials and experts that the two institutions and administrative history bears witness, Hindus can- Since its formation in 2014, of the matter, he added. perts said the restaurant attack groups are trying to outdo each departments that get (people to) not withstand you,” Umar said. AQIS has been trying to incite Both Al Qaeda and Islamic undermined that position. other in the region. start these riots,” AQIS said, ac- Umar accused the Indian gov- attacks, but India’s Muslims, State have claimed a series of “I think it demonstrates that regional branch of Al An online audio message pur- cording to US intelligence group ernment and Prime Minister who number more than 160mn, killings in Bangladesh over the competition between AQ and Qaeda urged Muslims in portedly from Asim Umar, the SITE. Narendra Modi of using the de- have been largely unmoved. past year, attacking liberals and the Islamic State isn’t necessar- AIndia to revolt and carry head of AQIS, said Indian Mus- Reuters could not verify the ception of ‘secularism’ to com- Only a handful are known to foreigners. ily a good thing, as Islamic State out lone wolf attacks, a US mon- lims must follow the example authenticity of the recording. mit violence against Muslims. have tried to join Islamic State, On Friday, militants stormed a in Bangladesh clearly planned itoring site reported, days after of youths in Europe and strike In it, AQIS said Muslims were He did not specifically refer according to Indian offi cials. restaurant in Dhaka and killed 20 and attack that would outdo Al the rival Islamic State claimed against Indian police and senior present in every part of India to any recent incident but said A home ministry spokesman people, most of them foreigners, in Qaeda in terms of carnage and responsibility for Bangladesh’s offi cials, holding them responsi- and must use their strength to Muslims of India were forced said he had seen media reports an attack claimed by Islamic State. international attention,” said worst militant attack. ble for communal violence. reclaim power in a country they to convert to Hinduism, to re- about the latest warning from Al Bangladesh’s government has Thomas Joscelyn, a senior edi- The call by Al Qaeda in the “Start Jihad with the strength ruled for centuries. cite Vande Mataram, prohibit Qaeda, but he had no immediate long denied the involvement of tor at The Long War Journal that Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) fol- which Allah has already granted “Even if you come out carrying slaughtering cows and leave comment to off er. foreign Islamist groups in the tracks global militant groups. Kejriwal’s top aide arrested over graft

IANS Kumar’s offi ce on December 15, New Delhi 2015 at the Delhi Secretariat. The arrest provoked Kejriwal to attack Prime Minister Naren- he Central Bureau of In- dra Modi in a series of tweets vestigation yesterday ar- where he called the prime minis- Trested Rajendra Kumar, ter a psychopath and alleged that principal secretary to Delhi the real target of the CBI raid was Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, he himself. for allegedly misusing his offi cial “When Modi couldn’t han- position and facilitating tenders dle me politically, he resorts to worth Rs90.5mn to a company. this cowardice. Modi is a coward Four others, including former and psychopath,” Kejriwal had assistant director of VAT depart- tweeted. ment Tarun Sharma, were also Delhi Deputy Chief Minister arrested for alleged corruption. Manish Sisodia said the arrests Apart from Kumar and Shar- and transfer of many others is ma, the CBI arrested two direc- aimed at paralysing the AAP Relatives of Tarishi Jain gather near her coff in in Gurgaon yesterday. tors of Endeavour Systems Pri- government. Sisodia said the vate Limited – Sandeep Kumar Modi’s government was rattled and Dinesh Kumar Gupta, and by the AAP’s popularity in poll- another person Ashok Kumar, an bound Punjab and Goa. offi cial said. And “today one of our min- The CBI on December 14, isters, Kapil Mishra, was called 2015 registered a First Informa- for questioning by ACB (Anti- tion Report (FIR) against Rajen- Corruption Branch),” he added. dra Kumar for allegedly abusing “This is clearly an attempt to Dhaka terror victim his offi cial position in awarding paralyse our government.” contracts from the city govern- Sisodia said the CBI could not ment to Endeavour Systems. produce “even a single proof in the Six others were also named in court even to prove the authentic- the FIR by the CBI on a reference ity of the raid. But today, they sud- by the Anti Corruption Branch denly arrested Rajendra Kumar.” (ACB) of the Delhi government. Simultaneously, the assistant cremated in Gurgaon The others booked in the case secretary to the chief minister include two former managing had been transferred to Anda- Central and state ministers ter Ram Bilas Sharma, Gurgaon to be identifi ed. Her friends Ab- her moral remains were fl own which we don’t have any con- directors of Intelligent Com- man and Nicobar Islands. pay tributes to Tarishi Jain Deputy Commissioner T L inta Kabir and Faraaz Hossain to Delhi. trol and have to live with it,” she munication System India Lim- Sisodia, a long-time confi dant Satyaprakash and other offi cials were also killed in the attack. Congress president Sonia added. ited (ICSIL) A K Duggal and G of Kejriwal, added: This is the IANS earlier received Tarishi’s mortal Nine Italians, seven Japanese, Gandhi wrote to Tarishi’s par- “In this hour of grief, I ex- K Nanda, the current managing lowest levels to which a central Gurgaon remains at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi one Indian, one Bangladeshi ents and expressed condolenc- press my deepest condolences director of ICSIL R S Kaushik government has stooped from International Airport. American and two Bangladeshis es. to the family.” and the two arrested directors of the time Delhi had an elected Federal Minister of State for were killed in the attack at the “I was really pained after In wake of the attack, West Endeavour Systems. government in 1991. he body of 19-year-old Power Piyush Goyal, Minister of Holey Artisan Bakery on Friday hearing about your daughter’s Bengal Chief Minister Mamata According to the FIR, Rajendra “Eleven senior offi cers have Tarishi Jain, who was State Rao Inderjit Singh, Har- night. death. This was a tragic incident Banerjee urged all parties to Kumar promoted the company. been transferred out of Delhi Tamong the 20 hostages yana ministers, legislators and Tarishi’s father, who runs a and it was against humanity. play a constructive role in tack- Kumar, a 1989 batch Indian on a single day, that too illegally killed in a gruesome terror at- others, paid tribute to her. garment business in Bangla- This kind of violence is a blot ling terrorism and promised Administrative Service offi cer, without a meeting of the Joint tack in Dhaka, was yesterday Earlier, people paid homage desh for the last 20 years, owns to the whole world community. a crackdown on cross-border allegedly facilitated an award of Cadre Authority,” he said. brought here by her family for at Gurgaon’s DLF-1 community an apartment in Sector 32 of Those who kill people in cold smuggling of cattle and the opi- fi ve contracts worth Rs90.5mn “All this is happening be- the last rites. centre amid sombre scenes with Gurgaon. blood can’t be well-wishers of um trade. to ICSIL and Endeavour Systems cause AAP is winning elections The cremation was held relatives crying inconsolably. The family members decided anybody. We have to build an “We strongly condemn the during 2007-2014. A CBI offi cial in Punjab and Goa and garner- at the Shiv Murti Cremation Tarishi, a student of Univer- to cremate her in Gurgaon as it atmosphere against this,” Gan- terror attack in Bangladesh. said that Kumar has emerged as ing massive support in Gujarat,” ground near IFFCO Chowk in sity of California-Berkeley, was would have been diffi cult to take dhi wrote. We share their pain and agony the kingpin of the scam. Sisodia said. Gurgaon’s Sector 29 on the Del- in Dhaka on vacation. She had the body to her native place in “I know it is very diffi cult for and stand beside Bangladesh. The CBI said documents seized The AAP leader added: “Mod- hi-Gurgaon expressway. gone with two other friends to a Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh by the parents and the relatives to Instead of indulging in blame from the offi ce of Rajendra Ku- iji, let me tell you, we have been Central and state ministers cafe in the upscale Gulshan area road. come to terms with this, but game, we must look at playing mar refl ected “criminal conspir- elected by people of Delhi. We were among those who paid where she was brutally killed by The Bangladesh government there is no other way but to keep a constructive role in tackling acy and criminal misconduct” shall run an eff ective govern- tributes when the body arrived terrorists. handed over the body of Tarishi patience and there are no words terrorism,” she said. and abuse of offi cial position. ment for them despite all your from Dhaka. On Saturday, she was among to her relatives yesterday morn- to console. But still there are Banerjee also said, police in The CBI had raided Rajendra attacks on us.” Haryana Education Minis- the fi rst victims of Dhaka’s siege ing in Dhaka, following which some incidents in our life over the state were on high alert.

Draft of anti-human traffi cking Fire at shoe store SC to hear Delhi law falls short: campaigners govt’s plea today

Reuters “The bill in its current form including “traffi cking” and IANS petition, its suit fi led earlier Mumbai is a disaster. It needs to be re- “sexual exploitation,” and does New Delhi questioning the central gov- drafted completely,” he told the not go far enough to ensure ernment’s jurisdiction in step- Thomson Reuters Foundation. prevention of the crime or the ping on and reversing many of harities and activists South Asia, with India at its rehabilitation of survivors, the he Supreme Court will the state government’s crucial have criticised the draft centre, is the fastest-growing National Coalition to Protect our today hear a Delhi gov- decisions. Cof India’s fi rst anti-hu- and the second-largest region Children (NCPOC) said in a let- Ternment plea that its The bench said the present man traffi cking law, saying the for human traffi cking after East ter to Maneka Gandhi, the min- dispute with the central gov- petition and the suit invoking proposed legislation is fl awed Asia, according to the UN Offi ce ister for women and child devel- ernment on interference in the the original jurisdiction of the and does not address all aspects for Drugs and Crime. opment. administration of the capital top court under Article 131 of of the fast-growing crime. While there are no offi cial fi g- “The bill in its present form can only be decided by the the constitution for deciding The Traffi cking of Persons bill, ures on the number of people traf- does not create a deterrence for apex court. disputes between the Centre unveiled in May, seeks to unify fi cked within South Asia, activists the crime of traffi cking,” it said The plea was referred to an- and the states were two diff er- India’s existing anti-traffi cking say thousands of mostly women in the letter. other bench after the bench of ent things. laws, prioritise survivors’ needs and children are traffi cked in In- The draft also does not in- Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Article 131 says, subject to and provide for special courts to dia, as well as from its neighbours clude bonded labour as a form and Justice Arun Mishra opted the provisions of the Constitu- expedite cases. Nepal and Bangladesh. of traffi cking, and ignores the not to hear the matter as Jus- tion, that the Supreme Court Consultations on the draft bill Many are sold into forced mar- important role of the anti-hu- tice Khehar rescused himself shall have original jurisdiction ended last week, and women and riage or bonded labour to work in man traffi cking units set up na- from hearing it. in any dispute between the child rights campaigners have fi elds, factories, brick kilns and tionwide from 2006 to fi ght the The court recorded the con- central government and one or demanded numerous revisions. as domestic servants, or are bru- crime, human rights group In- sent of both the central and more states. “The new law will only create tally confi ned in brothels. ternational Justice Mission said the Delhi governments for the Earlier when Jaisinh raised confusion among those working According to the National in its recommendations. hearing today, and directed its the same plea before the on the ground because it doesn’t Crime Records Bureau, there There must be co-ordination registry to place the matter be- bench of Justice Khehar and list out all traffi cking off ences, and were 5,466 human traffi cking with existing laws such as the fore Chief Justice T S Thakur Justice Mishra, Attorney does not take into account existing cases registered in India in 2014, Immoral Traffi c Prevention Act, for necessary orders. General Mukul Rohatgi op- legislations,” said P M Nair, chair an increase of 90% over the past the Juvenile Justice Act and the Later in the afternoon, sen- posed clubbing of the present professor at the Tata Institute of fi ve years. Activists say this is a Protection of Children from Firefighters try to douse a blaze that broke out at a shoe ior counsel Indira Jaisinh urged petition by the Delhi govern- Social Sciences in Mumbai, and an gross underestimate. Sexual Off ences Act to make sure store in Amritsar yesterday. the court to hear along with ment and its earlier suit for expert on human traffi cking. The bill does not defi ne terms the new law is eff ective, IJM said. Delhi government’s present hearing. Gulf Times 22 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 LATIN AMERICA

LAW AND ORDER COMMENT ECONOMY WILDLIFE TREND Ex-Workers Party treasurer Falklands claim unchanged Venezuela’s 2015 oil Argentina’s last polar bear Colombians divided on targeted in graft probe by Brexit, insists Macri revenues plunge 40% ‘Arturo’ dies at 31: zoo peace deal, reveals poll

Police served five arrest warrants and conducted Argentinian President Mauricio Macri said his Venezuela’s oil revenues plummeted 40.7% Argentina’s last polar bear, Arturo, has died aged Colombians are divided on a potential peace deal search and seizure operations in three states country’s claim to the Falkland Islands remained in 2015 due to sinking global oil prices, the 31, off icials at the controversial zoo where he lived between the government and the Farc rebels, yesterday, in the latest round of a probe around unchanged following Britain’s vote to leave the EU. country’s state-owned PDVSA said in its annual said. Arturo was the latest of more than 60 animals an Ipsos survey showed, amid skepticism about state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Police “Brexit or not, our claim will never change,” Macri report. PDVSA — the world’s fifth-largest oil to die over recent months at the zoo in Mendoza. political participation by the guerrillas. The said contractors paid at least $11.99mn in bribes told reporters in Brussels after talks with European company — earned $72.2bn in revenues last year, Other animals were struck down by infections government of President Juan Manuel Santos to executives of Petrobras, as the oil company is Union leaders. Britain’s vote to leave the EU in a a sharp drop from 2014’s $121.9bn. Meanwhile, blamed on poor conditions at the zoo, but Arturo’s and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia known, and rigged public auctions at Petrobras’ referendum on June 23 has cast uncertainty on its net profit fell 19% to $7.3bn. The South death was linked to old age. Environmentalists had (Farc) have been in peace talks for nearly four research centre Cenpes. Part of the funds the country’s global position, including whether American Opec country relies heavily on its oil campaigned for years for him to be transferred years, and 10 days ago signed a historic ceasefire allegedly embezzled were directed to the Workers European states would continue to back Britain’s and gas reserves — which account for 96% of the to a zoo in Canada. Arturo died on Sunday “due deal considered the penultimate step to a final Party, the ruling party in Brazil from 2003 to May possession of the Falklands. Spain said after the country’s exports and are the largest worldwide to a blood circulation imbalance” which caused a accord. Santos has promised that any deal 2016. The party’s former treasurer, Paulo Ferreira, vote that it was closer to asserting control over at more than 300bn barrels. The first half of 2016 general decline in the bear who was already weak would have to be approved by Colombians in a was already in custody for a separate probe but Gibraltar, the rocky outcrop on its southern tip, saw the value of Venezuela’s crude oil tumble to due to old age, the zoo said. The Mendoza zoo was referendum. A poll by Ipsos showed that 36% of now faces another arrest warrant for his alleged following the Brexit vote, prompting London to an average $31.15 per barrel, said the country’s closed to visitors last month after 64 animals died Colombians would vote in favour of a deal, while role in the Petrobras fraud, police said. jump to the defence of its overseas territory. ministry of petroleum and mining last Friday. between December and May. 25% would vote against and 36% would abstain. Brazil’s oil research park woos L’Oreal

Reuters — located on an island between Rio de Janeiro shantytowns, highways, Rio’s international airport, a sewage treatment plant and the postcard hen US data storage expanse of the city’s Guanabara provider EMC Corpo- Bay — include oil service pro- Wration opened an oil viders Schlumberger NV, Baker and gas research centre in Rio Hughes and Halliburton. de Janeiro’s Technology Park It is home to more than 50 in 2014, it failed to anticipate a companies and independent re- looming downturn in Brazil’s search labs. booming oil industry. With 90% of companies there Today, the park’s main tenant, focused on the oil industry, at- state-controlled oil company tracting new businesses is cru- Petrobras, is haemorrhaging cial, EMC’s Pinto said. money amid slumping oil prices EMC had tried to reinvent and the site’s administrator, the its 3,000 square metre facil- Federal University of Rio de Ja- ity almost from the outset, tak- neiro, is trying to diversify. ing on projects for the fi nance, The energy industry is still a telecommunications and health priority “but it’s no longer our industries. exclusive goal,” the park’s execu- General Electric, which spent tive director José Carlos Pinto 500mn Brazilian reais ($150mn) said. on a sleek multi-focus R&D cen- The research park sprouted up tre can boost attention on its on university land from 2007 af- renewable energy, aviation and ter the discovery of Brazil’s off - health care businesses as de- Police off icers and firemen protest against the government for delay in their salary payments at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. shore ‘subsalt’ region where gi- mand for oil research slumps. ant resources are trapped under L’Oreal expects to complete a a layer of mineral salts far be- research centre to develop hair, neath the seabed under a mile- skin, body, nail and deodorant and-a-half of ocean. products in the fi rst half of 2017. Funded by a percentage of “For us, it’s always interest- Brazilian oil revenues, the park ing to be surrounded by innova- grew in the wake of big off shore tive companies,” L’Oreal said in a discoveries and has received statement. Rio mayor slams New York about 2bn reais ($584mn), most Falling oil prices slashed the of it for petroleum research. sliver of Brazilian oil revenue But funding dwindled in the that, by law, companies must di- last two years as oil prices fell and rect to research at certifi ed local corruption allegations plagued institutions such as Rio’s Federal Brazil’s debt-ridden Petrobras. University. Times’ Olympics portrayal A more diverse group of ten- Between 2014 and 2015, it fell ants are moving in, including by 26% to 1bn reais ($292mn). Agencies government’s performance and “Lamentable,” Paes tweeted The poll found that 85% of infected, should be taken seri- cosmetics maker L’Oreal. Much of the cash spent went di- Rio de Janeiro a lack of “leadership” in the about Barbara’s article, which city residents see violent crime ously during the Olympics. Rio de Janeiro’s Fundacao Os- rectly to universities and not to police, next turned his ire on was published on Friday. “She as a threat to the success of the Some athletes, notably golf waldo Cruz, a leader in research the corporate research centres. the most infl uential US news- writes a pile of untruths on fi rst Olympics held in South players, have cancelled partici- into the Zika virus and one of the This resulted in the universi- io de Janeiro’s mayor has paper. what she reads on social media.” America. The next biggest pation in the Olympics because world’s top tropical medical in- ties contracting the services of lashed out at an opinion The Times’ opinion page ar- Refl ecting longstanding ri- threat cited, at 39%, was inad- of Zika fears. stitutes, is also in talks to open the research centres rather than Rpiece in The New York ticle titled ‘Brazil’s Olympic ca- valry between Brazil’s two big- equate transport. Despite a rise in crime in Rio facilities there. the other way around, as was in- Times which warned of “catas- tastrophe’ cast a harsh light on gest cities, Paes noted that Health fears such as the over the last few months and a While the “subsalt” fi elds tended. trophe” at next month’s Olym- what the journalist described as Barbara was not a Rio native. mosquito-carried Zika virus budget crisis affl icting the po- south of Rio still beckon, the “Laboratories were built and pic Games. incomplete and unsafe venues, She’s “from Sao Paulo, without came at the bottom of the list, lice and public hospitals, the challenges faced by the park are now you don’t have the demand Mayor Eduardo Paes is on the as well as fears over spread of an idea of what’s going on,” he with only 17% thinking this poll found that 61% of locals a stark illustration of how the necessary to maintain them,” defensive a month before the the mosquito-transmitted Zika tweeted. poses a serious threat to the still think the Olympics will be crude price slump has endan- said Jose Mauro Ferreira, head August 5 opening ceremony. virus. Earlier a poll published by the Games. a success. gered energy research and ex- of ABESPetro, Brazil’s oil service Crime is on the rise and Rio “It’s offi cial: The Olympic O Globo newspaper found most International health organi- However, 27% foresee a fail- ploration in Brazil at a time when company association. state needs an emergency bail- Games in Rio are an unnatural Rio de Janeiro residents think sations, Brazil and numerous ure. the country needs an innovative Meanwhile, oil and oil service out to pay police salaries and disaster,” began the article by the Olympics next month will foreign governments warn that The poll was carried out by oil sector to help it overcome its companies have underused labs hospitals. Vanessa Barbara, a columnist be a success, but an overwhelm- Zika, which is believed to have Sesc RJ, a non-profi t that pro- worst recession in decades. and scientists at their giant, new Paes, who this weekend also for Brazil’s Estado de Sao Paulo ing number worry that violence the potential for causing birth motes culture, and by the re- Key tenants at the R&D centre buildings. complained about the state daily and a Times contributor. could ruin the Games. defects if pregnant women are search group FGV Projetos. Tango therapy lifts Army Day ‘Corn fever’ grips Argentina farmers mental patients’ spirits Agencies tories, San Martin said, com- Buenos Aires pared with sales of around 10% documented around the same For a handful of residents at a patient and leaves as a pupil, “The idea is to break into the time last year. A farmer from the the Borda hospital, the daily with a smile on his face.” listless lives of the schizophrenic old is not the only thing north of the province of Buenos shuff le in line for medication Borda is Argentina’s biggest patients. Artistic commotion that shines. There is also Aires, Juan Minvielle, said he is has given way to the steps of public men’s psychiatric hospi- can awaken them and make Gcorn,” according to a replacing hectares of soybeans, Argentina’s classic dance tal. The female dance partners them connect.” seed company ad in Argentina, the country’s main cash crop, are tango enthusiasts from out- She returns to the canteen- touting the hashtag #LaFie- with corn. AFP side. dance fl oor with half a dozen breDelMaiz (Corn Fever). It il- “I’m betting big on the crop,” Buenos Aires Hospital psychiatrist Guill- participants who laugh and pair lustrates the excitement in the Minvielle said, adding that he is ermo Honig says tango exer- off with the volunteers as the world’s No 4 maize exporter for expanding his maize fi elds from cises patients’ creativity and music begins. the start of 2016-2017 planting 198acres to between 371-395 he shadows of barred body awareness. “I felt like I “It is like any regular tango in September, which will be the acres. windows make the Bue- danced better today. I am more class. Everyone does their best to fi rst full season under the free- Martin Fraguio, executive Tnos Aires psychiatric hos- relaxed,” says one patient, who complete the moves. market policies of President director of the industry group pital seem especially soulless, identified himself as Maximil- “They don’t just do as they’re Mauricio Macri. Maizar, said the country’s area but then the syncopated beats of iano. told, they try to learn to do it for Macri, who took offi ce in planted with corn is expected tango music fi ll the air. He is an outpatient and at- themselves,” said dance instruc- December, got rid of the export to expand by 30% during the For a handful of residents at tends the classes with a dozen tor Roque Silles, 53. taxes and quotas for corn and 2016-2017 cycle. the Borda hospital, the daily others who are hospitalised. “I “They give it their all to do wheat that had existed under The agriculture minister said shuffl e in line for medication has like the lyrics of tango — the something that a few minutes former president Cristina Fern- earlier this month it could grow given way to the steps of Argen- nostalgia, the melancholy.” earlier seemed impossible.” andez. by 20%. The Buenos Aires Grain tina’s classic dance. The organiser of the tango To end the class, all the “Corn has fl own. It’s impres- Exchange estimates that there The twice-monthly class is workshop, psychologist Sil- dancers join in singing tango sive. In Don Mario today there are 3.6mn hectares of corn (close called “We are all crazy about vana Perl, patrols the corri- songs. “The world is a mess aren’t any bags of corn,” said to 9mn acres) planted during the tango.” “People with mental ill- dors of the hospital rounding and always will be,” they sing in Obdulio San Martin, the gen- 2015-2016 season. nesses tend to be passive recep- up participants. Most patients the lines of one classic, “Cam- eral manager for southern cone The 20% export tax that Fern- tors, but in tango they are trans- resist. balache.” operations of Don Mario, the andez slapped on corn exports mitters,” dance teacher Laura “I haven’t got time,” says one, One patient, Raul, did not join second-largest seed dealer in was passed down to growers. Segade said. waiting in line for his medica- in the dancing but now asks to A girl dressed as a soldier sits on the shoulders of a man as Argentina. Now that the tax is gone, along “We try to make the man feel tion. “The workshop is an op- sing. “I said I was a worthless they attend a military parade during Army Day celebrations, Agricultural distributors have with a 23% levy that had been put like a man and see himself as portunity to break the hospital tramp to her,” he sings. “And I at the Air Force headquarters in Guatemala City, Guatemala. already sold between 60% and on wheat shipments, producers one. He comes to the class as routine,” Perl said. laughed about it.” 70% of their corn seed inven- benefi t from higher prices. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 23 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN

RELIGION Islamabad may get first Hindu temple McCain reassures Pakistan Stunned to learn that Islamabad had no Hindu shrine, a parliamen- tary panel yesterday directed the government to build a temple and a crematorium for Hindus in the capital. “It is surprising and sad that there is not even a single temple in of support in terror fi ght Islamabad for Hindu community to worship,” Ramesh Lal said while US senators meet Pakistani leaked documents show Islama- should decide on troop levels chairing a meeting of sub-com- Foreign Aff airs adviser Sartaj bad had quietly consented de- “sooner rather than later,” Mc- mittee of the National Assembly Aziz and Army Chief General spite publicly protesting. Cain said, arguing that reducing Standing Committee on Religious Raheel Sharif; Visiting Drone attacks have proven the number of troops could lead Aff airs. Kabul, US senators warn extremely controversial with to a repeat of the disaster in Iraq, Dawn reported that it came as a against further troop cuts in the Pakistani public and rights where Islamic State militants shock to the committee mem- Afghanistan groups. seized major cities and wide bers that there was no cremation Visiting Kabul yesterday, a swathes of territory. ground for Hindus in Islamabad. AF delegation of US lawmakers McCain, the Republican At least 500 Hindus are said to Islamabad/Kabul warned that the international chairman of the Senate Armed be living in Islamabad. They had military mission in Afghanistan Services Committee, sharply to go to Rawalpindi to perform will fail if troop levels are re- criticised the White House’s the final rites of the deceased, the S senator John McCain duced further, with potentially decision last year to restrict US committee was told. expressed support for dangerous repercussions for the forces from targeting Taliban The parliamentary body rejected UPakistan’s eff orts in the rest of the world. fi ghters except in self-defence the concerns put forward by the fi ght against the Taliban after Fifteen years after an Amer- and other limited circumstances. government that there would be visiting a key tribal district re- ican-led operation toppled the Those rules were recently re- security issues if a Hindu temple cently retaken by the military, Taliban in response to the Sep- laxed on the recommendation of came up here. the Pakistani foreign ministry tember 11, 2001, terrorist at- American commanders in Kabul, “Hotels and restaurants are said yesterday. tacks, President Barack Obama but McCain said it was “almost being provided security by the A four-member, bipartisan is considering whether to main- criminal” that the restrictions government, why a temple cannot US Senate delegation led by the tain the current level of 9,800 were in place for more than a be provided security?” asked a former presidential candidate US troops or reduce it to 5,500 year. member of the committee. went to North Waziristan, where by the end of the year, as current “The rules of engagement The committee directed the in 2014, under US pressure, the plans call for. were so restrictive that it gave government to build a temple army launched an operation to “I cannot guarantee success if an advantage to the Taliban and and a crematorium for Hindus in wipe out militant bases and end we keep 9,800, but I can ensure other terrorist groups,” the sen- Islamabad and also allocate funds the near decade-long Islamist you failure if we go to 5,500,” Re- ator said. to renovate churches. insurgency. publican Senator Lindsey Gra- The lawmakers highlighted The panel has proposed to allot In May, the army announced it ham told reporters in Kabul. Afghanistan’s history as one of land for the temple in Saidpur had successfully cleared the area US Senator John McCain speaks to reporters in Kabul yesterday. “I will have a hard time sup- the original havens for Al Qaeda village area. of militants. porting our continued presence terrorists and pleaded for more Hindus and Christians constitute The foreign ministry state- time when the region was facing The relationship between Mansour in May in southwestern here as it’s not fair to those left patience. some 3% of the population in ment said that the US delegation complex challenges,” the state- the two nations has been Balochistan province. behind. They just can’t do the “Ultimately we’re going to overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan. had met with Pakistani Foreign ment said. strained at times with some The US Congress also blocked job. If we go to 5,500 this place win this fi ght, it’s just going to Aff airs adviser Sartaj Aziz and “Good delegation mtg w/ in Washington believing Pa- the subsidised sale of eight F-16 will fall apart, quickly.” take decades,” Sasse said. “The TRAGEDY held talks on Pakistan-US ties as Chief of Army Staff of #Pakistan kistan has not done enough to jet fi ghters to Pakistan in May Graham joined US senators American people well under- well as the situation in Afghani- Gen Raheel Sharif & discuss- bring its influence to bear and accusing of it of being lax in the John McCain, Benjamin Sasse, stand that staying partnered Factory roof stan. ing regional security challeng- to persuade the Taliban to re- fi ght against militants. and Joe Donnelly in a visit timed with a good ally like the Afghan Aziz “appreciated Senator es,” McCain said on his verifi ed nounce violence. The US has carried out hun- so the bipartisan delegation government is the best way to collapses in McCain for his positive com- Twitter account, also posting Pakistan was angered over a re- dreds of drone strikes in Paki- could visit with troops during deny future safe havens to those Karachi, 6 killed ments regarding the importance photos of the delegation’s visit cent US drone strike which killed stan, mainly in the border tribal the Independence Day holiday. who would plot jihadi attacks of Pakistan-US relations at a to Waziristan. the Taliban’s leader Mullah Akthar regions with Afghanistan, and The Obama administration across the globe.” At least six people were killed and three others injured when the roof of a cold storage factory in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi col- lapsed yesterday. A leak in the factory’s ammonia gas tank led to the blast which Pakistan fl ood toll revised brought down the roof of the factory. The injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treat- down as army fl ies help in ment, rescue sources told Dawn. ADVENTURE AFP But yesterday offi cials said of Ursoon in Chitral were dam- Pakistani scales Peshawar there had been duplication in the aged in the fl oods with the army death count, revising the Chitral saying yesterday fi ve of them Chinese peak toll down to 29. were completely swept away. akistani offi cials yester- They also said two more Pa- The remote village had re- Pakistani mountain climber Re- day revised the death toll kistani workers had died along- ceived no evacuation warning hmatullah Quraishi has returned Pfrom fl ooding caused by side the Chinese engineers at the and remained cut off yesterday, after successfully scaling Mount monsoon rains in the country’s dam construction site, bringing with roads to it damaged by the Daguniag in China. remote north down to 33, as the the total toll across the province fl oods. Hailing from Chilas in Gilgit- military said it was fl ying food to 33. The military said it was fl ying Baltistan, Quraishi was the only Pa- and medical supplies to dam- in medical aid, tents and food to kistani in a group of three Chinese, aged areas. “We found the bodies Ursoon by helicopter yesterday. four Taiwanese, four Mongols and On Sunday offi cials had put the yesterday and they Afghan authorities also said four Korean climbers. total number of people killed at were handed over to the they had recovered 13 bodies, The expedition was launched on 43, saying that 41 of them had died Pakistani authorities” including of eight Pakistani sol- June 9 and continued till June 15 in a village in the Chitral district of diers, which had been swept over aimed at encouraging mountain- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Thirteen people are still miss- the border from Chitral into Af- eering and drawing attention to where fl ash fl oods swept away ing in Chitral, said the district’s ghanistan. smaller peaks between 5,000 their homes without warning. deputy commissioner Usama “We found the bodies yester- metres and 6,000 metres. Authorities also said two Chi- Waraich, adding that authorities day and they were handed over Quraishi is one of the members of nese engineers had been killed were evacuating some residents to the Pakistani authorities,” Eh- the Union of Asian Alpine Associa- at the Tarbela dam construc- with more rain forecast yester- sanullah Fazal, head of the public tion, and reached the top of the tion site, also in Khyber Pa- day. health hospital in Afghanistan’s 5,025-metre-high peak at 9:30am khtunkhwa. Dozens of homes in the village Kunar province, told AFP. Pakistani army personnel evacuate a resident injured in flooding in Ursoon village in Chitral. on June 12. Afghans ready their Eid feast amidst worsening confl ict

AFP Kabul

ountains of dried fruit and cakes, golden saf- Mfron, pistachios and tea. Afghans are making ready for days of feasting, marking the end of Ramadan with traditions that have survived nearly 40 years of tormented confl ict. Almonds, walnuts and cash- ews are precariously tumbled into wide, fl at dishes on street corners in Kabul, as crowds in the bazaars stocked up yesterday on favourites such as “simian” – crispy noodles spiced with saff ron. The start of Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest festivals of the Is- lamic calendar, is expected to be signalled by religious authorities in Saudi Arabia from today. For three days Kabul, like much of the Muslim world, will Afghan men buying dried fruits and nuts ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival. An Afghan street vendor sells scarves ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival. come to a celebratory halt. The sense of anticipation is a ripped through the bus that was their mark, with the economy boxes of nougat and eight ki- doubled in price to 600 afghanis agrees Mohammad Sabir, own- in the Wazir neighbourhood, a welcome if brief relief from Af- taking them home for Eid. brought to its knees by the in- los of almonds, pistachios and ($9). er of another store, Matmean girl named Negin clutches a big ghanistan’s worsening confl ict, Families who had expected to surgency. raisins from the Ahmadina Dry “Like it or not this is Eid, this Dry Fruits. box of iced sugar cookies and with a resurgent Taliban step- reunite with loved ones found “It’s beautiful stuff , but it’s Fruits shop in the capital’s Wazir is the tradition and you can not The extravagance extends to describes the new blue dress she ping up attacks across the coun- themselves standing dazed and too expensive for me,” smiles a Akhbar Khan area. ignore it,” he says, adding that he new clothes, with tailors full will wear. try nearly 15 years after launch- bereft at their gravesides in- teacher as she gazes on the nut For the father of fi ve, it would could expect hundreds of visi- of shoppers purchasing shal- For just a few days, the girl – ing their insurgency. stead. stalls arranged beneath large, be unthinkable not to off er visi- tors during the festival. war kameez – traditional long who, for her part, defi es tradi- Just last week more than 30 And while the years of fi ghting technicolour umbrellas. tors plates of fruit and sweets “Despite the war and even shirt and trousers – and women tion by wearing a baseball cap police cadets were killed in Ka- have not destroyed the customs Nasratulah Nasrat, a civil washed down with tea – even if a with their difficulties, people decked in their best jewellery. instead of the veil – does not bul as a double suicide blast surrounding Eid, they have left servant in his forties, orders fi ve kilo of white grapes has recently are bound to the tradition,” At Violet, a chic pastry shop want to think about war. Gulf Times 24 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 PHILIPPINES Divergent Campaign against counterfeit goods views on ways to amend constitution

By Catherine S Valente tion. But Senator Aquilino & Llanesca T Panti Pimentel, who is expected to Manila Times replace Drilon as Senate presi- dent at the opening of the 17th Congress, yesterday indicated onfl icting views on that the convention could have how the 29-year-old certain parameters, telling CConstitution should Senate employees during fl ag- be amended have emerged in raising ceremonies that the Congress as Malacanang yes- chamber will not be abolished. terday bared that President “Under the Federal-Presi- Rodrigo Duterte preferred to dential (system) espoused by do it through a Constitutional my father former Senate presi- Convention, or Con-Con. dent (Aquilino Pimentel Jr), In a news conference, Palace there will still be a Philippine spokesman Ernesto Abella said Senate, a much larger one. We changing the Constitution will will be hiring more employ- be among the priority items in ees … each Regional State will the legislative agenda of the also have its own legislative Duterte administration. branch which can benefi t from But the amendments, he the expertise you have devel- added, should come from oped here in the Senate. You elected delegates, not from can choose to work therefore Congress, which can also in your own region,” Pimentel amend the Charter by conven- explained. ing itself as a Constituent As- “Hence … there is nothing to sembly. worry about,” he said. “As far as we know, Presi- But Drilon said there should dent Duterte favours Con-Con be no limits to the Con-Con, A police armoured vehicle destroys pirated DVDs, during a ceremonial destruction of confiscated counterfeit and pirated goods, at the police headquarters at Camp Crame (Constitutional Convention), which in principle is vested in Quezon city, Metro Manila yesterday. not Con-Ass (Constituent As- with “plenary powers” to re- sembly). It’s more consultative view the entire Constitution, right? More representation,” not only the form of govern- Abella told reporters. ment or even economic provi- When asked if the president sions barring foreign control of would certify proposed resolu- corporations and land. tions calling for a Con-Con as “When you open the Con- urgent, he said, “It’s defi nitely stitution to amendments, you part of his priorities.” open up everything,” Drilon Davao del Norte Rep. Pan- told reporters. taleon Alvarez, the president’s Through a Con-Con, he choice as the next Speaker, pointed out, voters would be Thirty killed in four echoed Malacanang’s state- able to elect delegates based on ment. their positions on issues such “The best mode of revis- as federalism or a parliamen- ing the 1987 Constitution is tary form of government. through a Constitutional Con- Drilon proposes the conven- vention wherein the delegates tion to start work in Septem- who will propose revisions are ber 2017 and submit the draft regionally elected for that pur- of the new Constitution by days in war on drugs pose. This process will ensure May 2020, or two years before that the people-at-large, from Duterte leaves offi ce. There Reuters Lawyers, said the killings must the very outset, will be a part should be a deadline or else the Manila be halted. of the changes that will be in- process might “take fi ve years.” “The drug menace must troduced for the fundamental An analyst told Manila Times stop...Yet the apparent serial structure of our society,” Alva- that the process of crafting the hirty “drug dealers” have summary executions of alleged rez said in a statement. 1987 Constitution was itself far been killed since Rodrigo street drug users or petty drug Under Alvarez’s proposal, from ideal, as it was drafted by TDuterte was sworn in as lords which appear sudden, too the 1987 Constitution will a commission whose members Philippine president on Thurs- contrived and predictable must be amended by a convention were all appointed by then- day, police said, announcing the also stop,” he said in a statement. composed of regionally elected president Corazon Aquino. seizure of nearly $20mn worth “The two are not incompatible.” and appointed delegates. “Ideally, we have to have a of narcotics but sparking anger In the north of the main is- The president will appoint Con-Con because it is the ap- from a lawyers’ group. land of Luzon, drug enforce- 20 delegates with the same propriate process for democ- Duterte won the election in ment agents and police seized a qualifi cations as the members racy. We never had a Consti- May on a platform of crushing shipment of 180kg of “shabu” of the House of Representa- tution that was written by a crime, but his incendiary rheto- (methamphetamine) worth tives. Duterte is a staunch ad- freely elected body under a free ric and advocacy of extra-judi- about 900mn pesos ($19.23mn) vocate of changing the current regime,” University of Santo cial killings have alarmed many from either China or Taiwan, unitary and centralised form of Tomas political science pro- who hear echoes of the country’s national police chief Ronald dela government, and he said dur- fessor Edmund Tayao said. authoritarian past. Rosa said. ing the election campaign that “We had a Con-Con in 1935 Oscar Albayalde, police chief The shipment was unloaded nothing short of federalism with elected delegates but we for the Manila region, said fi ve at sea and brought to shore by would bring peace to Mind- were under the Americans. We drug dealers were killed on Sun- small fi shing boats before deliv- anao. had another Con-Con in 1971 day in a gun battle with police ery to Manila’s Chinatown, he At the Senate, Senate Presi- but the declaration of martial in a shanty town near a mosque Funeral workers carry the body of one of the five suspected drug pushers killed in a police operation in said. dent Franklin Drilon, who had law rendered it inutile,” Tayao near the presidential palace. Quiapo city, Metro Manila. On Sunday, the Maoist-led proposed resolution of both added. “My men were about to serve New People’s Army rebels issued houses calling for an election Drilon said the timing was arrest warrants when shots rang Four guns and 200 grams of and 22 were killed in four areas in stepped up anti-crime police a statement supporting Du- of Con-Con delegates by May right to amend the Constitu- out from one of the houses in the crystal methamphetamine were outside the capital. operations since the election on terte’s all-out war against drugs, 2017, said there should be no tion, noting that the 1935 Con- area,” Albayalde told reporters, recovered. More than 100 people have May 9. saying it might conduct its own restrictions on the provisions stitution was amended after saying police returned fi re and Three others were killed in died, mostly suspected drug Edre Olalia, secretary-general drug operations against soldiers, to be discussed in a conven- nearly three decades, in 1971. killed fi ve men. other areas in Manila on Sunday dealers, rapists and car thieves of the National Union of People’s police and local offi cials.

Iftar gathering Pakistani Activists slam murder terror of anti-coal campaigner suspect AFP ists, with 33 killed last year, Manila Global Witness said in a report last month. arrested Critics have long said that woman who campaigned the country suffers from a against the expansion of “culture of impunity,” where Manila Times Acoal-fi red power plants in powerful figures believe they Manila the Philippines has been killed, can kill opponents and critics police said yesterday, the latest without fear of being punished. death in one of the world’s dead- Capitan was the leader of a ecurity forces arrested a liest nations for environmental local group that campaigned Pakistani, wanted for ter- activists. against the expansion of coal Srorism and murder, in a interests in Mariveles and posh subdivision at Subic Bay “(Capitan’s death) seems Bataan province, some 60 kilo- in Zambales after a brief chase to be really related to metres west of Manila. in a busy intersection. her work in opposing “(Capitan’s death) seems to Chief Inspector Elizabeth the coal storage be really related to her work in Jasmin, spokesperson of the facility in Mariveles” opposing the coal storage facil- Philippine National Police ity in Mariveles and the expan- (PNP) Criminal Investigation Gloria Capitan, 57, was shot sion of coal-fired power plants and Detection Group (CIDG), in the head on Friday as she in Bataan,” said Reuben Muni, a identified the suspect as Mo- sat in her family’s karaoke bar, climate and energy campaigner hamed Sharif Malik. police said, adding no suspects with the Philippines branch of Malik is also wanted for had been caught. Greenpeace. violating Philippine Greenpeace condemned the As of 2014, coal accounted immigration law by the killing, saying it was yet anoth- for at least 31% of the Philip- authorities. er example of environmental pines’ power supply, according Malik is also wanted through defenders being murdered for to the government’s energy de- the Red Notice issued by the In- standing up to powerful inter- partment. ternational Police Organisation ests. This proportion is likely to (Interpol) for about four charg- The Philippines is the second grow as more coal-fired power es such as terrorism, murder, Filipino tricycle drivers eat Iftar as they break their fasting during Ramadan in Taguig, Metro Manila yesterday. most dangerous country in the plants are built to cope with the attempted murder and rioting. world for environment activ- surging demand for power. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 25 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL/MALDIVES

Seven charged with Italian priest murder bid Seven members of an outlawed Bangladeshi Islamist group have Police seek more information been charged with the attempted murder of an Italian priest who was wounded in a shooting last year, police said yesterday. The priest Piero Parolari, who is also a doctor, was shot by unidentified gunmen in the northern Dinajpur about Dhaka cafe attackers district last November. The Islamic State group said it Reuters “Let the people of the cru- was responsible for the attack - a Dhaka sader countries know that there claim promptly rejected by the is no safety for them as long as government and police. their aircraft are killing Mus- Police later arrested four suspected angladesh police sought lims,” it said in a statement. members of the Jamaatul more information yes- Posts on Facebook identifi ed Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Bterday from friends and the men, pictured on an Islamic with two allegedly confessing their family of the men suspected of State website grinning in front of roles in the attack. carrying out a deadly attack on a black fl ag, as Nibras Islam, Ro- Police on Sunday pressed charges a restaurant in the capital, and han Imtiaz, Meer Saameh Mu- against seven JMB followers for some are believed to have at- basheer, Andaleeb Ahmed and the attack, recommending that tended top schools and colleges Raiyan Minhaj. they be given death sentences if at home and abroad. Most went to prestigious found guilty. The gunmen stormed the res- schools or universities in Dhaka Three of those charged remain on taurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic and Malaysia, offi cials said. the run, including a student at a zone late on Friday and killed 20 “A majority of the boys who private university whose father is a people, most of them foreign- attacked the restaurant came Bangladeshi-origin Canadian citizen. ers from Italy, Japan, India and from very good educational in- “All seven who are charged are the United States, in an assault stitutions. Some went to sophis- JMB members. Two of them told claimed by Islamic State. ticated schools. Their families a court as to how they planned It was one of the deadli- are relatively well-to-do peo- the attack and who have supplied est militant attacks to date ple,” Bangladeshi Information This combination of picture shows five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in Dhaka on July 1 during which 20 hostages them weapons,” Inspector Bazlur in Bangladesh, where Islam- Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told were slaughtered at a restaurant, posing with rifles at an undisclosed location. Rahman, who is leading the ic State and Al Qaeda have India’s NDTV. investigation, said. claimed a series of killings of Several posts on social me- Imtiaz “may be involved,” in the currently undergoing treatment lims in India to revolt and carry wear brand, will suspend all but The government and police liberals and religious minori- dia said the man identifi ed by attack, Rahman said. and we’d get to know about their out lone wolf attacks. critical travel to Bangladesh and say homegrown extremists are ties in the last year while the police as Nibras Islam attended “There may be a link to in- role in the incident only after The call by Al Qaeda in the has told staff there to stay home. responsible for the deaths of some government says they were Monash University in Malaysia. ternational terrorist groups, in- they recover.” Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) US Secretary of State John 80 secular activists, foreigners and carried out by local groups. A friend who knew him while he cluding IS; we are looking into Nobody had yet come for- follows warnings by security of- Kerry has off ered Bangladeshi religious minorities killed over the Whoever was responsible, studied at Dhaka’s North South that angle,” he said, adding that ward to claim the bodies of the fi cials and experts that the two Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last three years. Friday’s attack marked a major University told Reuters that Is- the attackers were educated, six dead men, he said. “We are groups are trying to outdo each help in the investigation. Police have also blamed the JMB escalation in the scale and bru- lam later went to Monash. well off and brainwashed. taking DNA samples of them other in the region and claim the “The Secretary (Kerry) en- for the killings during the siege in tality of militant violence aimed Two others went to an elite Saifaul Islam, another inves- and will see if it matches with mantle of global jihad. couraged the government of the heart of Dhaka’s diplomatic at forcing strict Islamic rule in public school in Dhaka called tigator, said police were hold- the families. We have some sus- Bangladesh’s $26bn garment Bangladesh to conduct its in- zone which came to an end on Bangladesh, whose 160mn peo- Scholastica. Masudur Rahman, ing two people suspected of picions, we know some boys had industry is braced for the fallout vestigation in accordance with Saturday morning. ple are mostly Muslim. deputy commissioner of Dhaka involvement in the assault, in- gone missing over the last two- from the killings, fearing major the highest international stand- They say the deaths are part Islamic State posted pictures police, said offi cers were inves- cluding one detained soon after three months.” retailers from Marks and Spen- ards and off ered immediate as- of a plot to destabilise the of fi ve fi ghters it said were in- tigating those links. the attack. Just days after the attack cer to Gap could rethink their sistance from US law enforce- country, and have blamed the volved in Friday’s atrocity to Initial evidence points to the “We have two persons with claimed by its rival jihadi move- investment. ment, including the FBI,” US main opposition Bangladesh avenge attacks on Muslims fact that Nibras Islam, Meer us, but we don’t know if they are ment Islamic State, a regional Japan’s Fast Retailing Co, State Department spokesman Nationalist Party (BNP) and its across the world. Saameh Mubasheer and Rohan victims or suspects. They are branch of Al Qaeda urged Mus- owner of the Uniqlo casual- John Kirby said. Islamist ally. Maldives slaps ban on journalists over row of newspaper ownership

AFP Haveeru to cease publication government has faced interna- Malé of both its print and online tional criticism over its treat- editions. ment of dissidents and the The former employees then independent press in the In- court has slapped a two- formed their own online pub- dian Ocean archipelago which year ban on journal- lication called Mihaaru which is best known as an upmarket Aists who triggered the is now threatened with closure tourist destination. closure of the Maldives’ only after Sunday’s court ruling. The Maldives Supreme newspaper when they resigned “This is an act of aggression Court last week upheld a 13- en masse and set up an inde- by the state against independ- year prison sentence on the pendent online publication ent and free media in the Mal- country’s fi rst democratically- over an ownership dispute. dives, and is part of a much elected president Mohamed The Civil Court ruled on wider and unprecedented Nasheed, who is now living in Sunday that no former em- crackdown by the government exile in Britain. ployee of the Haveeru Media on media freedom,” Ali Naafi z, Nasheed was sentenced in group could work for any me- Mihaaru’s assistant editor, March 2015 after he was con- dia outlet in the country for the said. victed of a terror charge relat- next two years. He said the former Haveeru ing to the arrest of a judge in The move followed the mass staff had decided to defy the 2012 just before he was toppled resignation of Haveeru’s staff court order and continue to as president. in March after a court ruling work for Mihaaru which ap- US Secretary of State John Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, third right, walking past family members of a policeman during a memorial service for those killed forced its founder Mohamed pears in both English and the Kerry has warned that the in a bloody attack and seige in Dhaka, yesterday. Zahir Hussain to relinquish local Dhivehi language. The Maldives’ democracy is under editorial and administrative website risks being closed threat, saying Nasheed had control. down if journalists refuse to been “imprisoned without due Haveeru had been pro-es- stop working. process”. tablishment, but had taken “We will continue to work. Since Nasheed’s jailing, a more independent stance Either they have to take away several others - including Families take bodies home in recent years, earning the our licence or arrest us but we Yameen’s former aide and dep- displeasure of the authorities. will continue to publish.” uty Ahmed Adeeb - have been The resignations forced President Abdulla Yameen’s given long jail terms. AFP “Nadia Benedetti had been but found no evidence against Analysts say the government Dhaka working in Bangladesh for more him, local media reported. is wary of acknowledging such than 20 years,” Rahman, a col- US Secretary of State John groups are operating in Bangla- Relations with league of the Italian, said. Kerry off ered Washington’s desh for fear it could frighten off elatives of foreign hos- “I can’t believe she had to support in a telephone call to foreign investors. Lanka at historic tages murdered in a Bang- die like this. We have to stand Hasina, whose government has But it has been criticised for Nepal probes Indian high: US Rladeshi restaurant were against such terrorism right been unable to stop a wave of failing to tackle a rise in Islamist in Dhaka yesterday to take their now.” Islamist attacks on foreigners attacks. The United States yesterday said loved ones’ bodies home as au- The government said the bod- and religious minorities in offi - Home minister Asaduzza- couple’s Everest claims that its relations with Sri Lanka had thorities made the fi rst arrests ies of the Italian and Japanese cially secular but mostly Muslim man Khan said on Sunday the reached a historic high and it would over the killings. victims would be handed over Bangladesh. attackers were members of the work together with the island nation Many were in tears as Prime to diplomats before being fl own Jamaatul Mujahdeen Bangladesh AFP initially certifi ed the couple’s to restore Sri Lanka’s rightful place Minister Sheikh Hasina laid home. “(Kerry) encouraged the (JMB), a local Islamist group Kathmandu summit claims after speaking as a democratic and peaceful nation. wreaths on the coffi ns of those Italy’s ambassador Mario government of Bangladesh banned by the government. to their expedition organis- In a US Independence Day message killed in the siege at an upmar- Palma said Friday night’s at- to conduct its investigation He said there were cases ers and to government offi - released by the US ambassador to ket cafe in the capital, by far the tack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in accordance with the against all of them, but denied epal has opened an in- cials stationed at Everest base Sri Lanka, Atul Keshap, he said that deadliest in a spate of recent at- cafe was “unprecedented” and highest international any intelligence failures ahead vestigation into an In- camp, Dhakal said. the United States had always stood tacks that have caused interna- promised his country’s full sup- standards and off ered of the assault on the cafe, which Ndian police couple ac- “In order to provide a cer- with the people of Sri Lanka and it tional alarm. port in tackling a rise in Islamist immediate assistance came after a major crackdown cused of falsifying photographs tifi cate to the climber, we rely would work with the government They included nine Italians, militancy in Bangladesh. from US law enforcement, that saw around 11,000 people to support their claim of sum- on their photograph on top of to make the island a strong seven Japanese, a US citizen and Commandos killed six sus- including the FBI” arrested, some of them known miting Mount Everest this year, Mount Everest.... If someone contributor to global prosperity and a 19-year-old Indian student, pected jihadists in the fi nal stag- Islamist extremists. an offi cial said yesterday. fakes their photos, it’s hard to stability. whose body was fl own home es of the siege, but one was taken “(Kerry) encouraged the Critics allege the arrests were Indian police constables determine that they are not “We applaud the dramatic yesterday morning. alive. government of Bangladesh to arbitrary or designed to silence Dinesh and Tarakeshwari original,” Dhakal said. transformation made possible Witnesses say the perpetra- Yesterday, police formally conduct its investigation in ac- political opponents. Rathod earlier told reporters “If proven guilty, we will by Sri Lankan voters, and we tors of the attack, which the Is- arrested him and one other cordance with the highest inter- Earlier Transport Minister they reached the top of the invalidate the Indian couple’s appreciate the government’s lamic State group has claimed, suspect. national standards and off ered Obaidul Quader said six of the 8,848m (29,029ft) peak on certifi cate and charge them eff orts to uphold and protect spared the lives of Muslims “Two suspects are in our cus- immediate assistance from US Japanese killed were consult- May 23 but their claims were with forgery and fraud.” fundamental freedoms,” the while herding foreigners to their tody. One of them is injured and law enforcement, including the ants for Bangladesh capital’s thrown into doubt after fellow The probe began on Sun- ambassador said. deaths, killing many with ma- is hospitalised,” said police in- FBI,” said his spokesman John fi rst metro rail, and expressed climbers accused the couple day evening, he said. “We support eff orts to promote chete-style weapons. spector general Shahidul Hoque. Kirby. hope Tokyo’s foreign aid agency of doctoring photographs of It is not technically an off ence needed constitutional reform and Among the mourners at the Survivors told police all the The government has repeat- would continue its support for themselves on the summit. to pretend to summit Everest, national reconciliation so that ceremony in a Dhaka stadium victims were killed within the edly denied international ji- the three billion dollar project. “We have started an inves- but authorities are investigating all Sri Lankans can enjoy equal was Muksedur Rahman who de- fi rst 20 minutes of the attack, he hadist networks have a pres- “Japan knows that this attack tigation into the Indian police the couple for fraud after eight rights, equal opportunities, and scribed slain Italian textile trader added. ence in Bangladesh, though the was part of the global terrorist couple’s claim of scaling Mount other climbers fi led a complaint the full benefits of post-conflict Nadia Benedetti as a “great hu- Police also raided the home of IS-linked news agency Amaq activities. I hope they’ll under- Everest,” said Nepal tourism against them in India, saying development and prosperity, man being” who had worked to a survivor after images showed published extensive details of stand the reality,” he said. chief, Sudarshan Prasad Dhakal. such a con belittles the eff orts of regardless of their ethnicity or help Bangladeshi survivors of him walking around the restau- Friday’s attack, including photos “There is no question of stop- The tourism department genuine mountaineers. place of birth.” acid attacks. rant compound during the siege, from inside the cafe. ping this project.” Gulf Times 26 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 COMMENT

Chairman: Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah Production Editor: C P Ravindran Brazil is ready to receive

P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar [email protected] Olympic Games visitors Telephone 44350478 (news), 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) Over the past few years, of athletes, coaching staff s, heads people and a source of immense these policies on the quality of life of Fax 44350474 Brazil has developed an of state, government offi cials, local national pride. the city’s residents is evident. residents, and journalists. It should be emphasised that 60%, Over the past few weeks, rumour expertise in hosting This will not be Brazil’s fi rst 7.07bn reais, of the total investment in of the possibility of an outbreak of a mega-events on an opportunity to show the world its the Olympic facilities were fi nanced by topical-disease during the Games has capacity for organisation, and to the private sector. circulated. international scale welcome visitors warmly to a secure These resources and eff orts will We can assure you, as has the World environment. Over the past few remain as legacies to the entire Health Organisation (WHO), that GULF TIMES years, our country has developed an country. the risk of Zika infection during the By Michel Temer Brasilia expertise in hosting mega-events on Games is practically non-existent. an international scale. The Games will Historically, an extremely low We hosted the World Cup, the Pan- incidence of disease transmitted by oday, one American Games, the World Military show the world one the Aedes aegypti has been recorded month Games, World Youth Day and the during the winter season in the IS atrocity before Confederations Cup, all unanimous of the major global Southern Hemisphere. Tthe successes, which we conducted in a Indeed, there has been a dramatic world’s greatest spirit of excellence, dedication and economies at work in decline in cases of Zika infection in Rio sporting event is with the characteristic Brazilian joie a mature democracy de Janeiro and throughout Brazil in the dampens festive scheduled to begin, Brazil can say with de vivre. past few weeks. confi dence: We are ready to host the And now, another success is on its I recall a similar prediction of fi rst Olympic and Paralympic Games way. For instance, the Games will epidemic during the 2014 World Cup to take place in South America. The Games will show the world one disseminate throughout Brazil the tournament in Brazil, when we hosted The Olympic Village, housing more of the major global economies at work hallmark values of competitive sports: 1.4mn foreign visitors. No epidemic cheer in Iraq than 17,000 participating athletes in in a mature democracy: a country co-operation, solidarity, discipline occurred. one of Rio de Janeiro’s most beautiful with great business potential that at and resiliency. Then as now, tourists can be assured settings, has just been inaugurated. the same time has set the standard for As a more concrete benefi t, of favourable health conditions during There won’t be any festive cheer for many in Iraq All sports facilities, especially those policies to fi ght inequality. Brazilians throughout the country’s the Olympic Games. this week after a deadly suicide car bombing left more serving the Olympic Park in the Barra Rio de Janeiro is expected to fi ve geographic regions will also Brazil is ready to receive all of the da Tijuca neighbourhood, are also up receive approximately hundreds of inherit a national sports training visitors who will be enjoying the than 200 people dead in Karrada, a religiously diverse and ready. thousands of visitors from Brazil network of world-class facilities for pleasure of watching the world’s elite district in the capital Baghdad on Sunday. The country has put together a solid and abroad during the Games, while both sports beginners and high- international sports athletes compete, It was one of the worst atrocities on the Iraqi security programme of 85,000 federal, the five “Soccer Cities”, Sao Paulo, performance athletes. and, surely, we will have a great deal to population claimed by Islamic State, which has also state, and municipal government Salvador, Manaus, Brasilia and Belo Finally, in Rio de Janeiro, the show the 5bn viewers from around the personnel to ensure that sporting Horizonte, will also find themselves Games have greatly infl uenced the world who will be watching the Games owned up the recent terror strikes in Istanbul and events take place in an atmosphere of inundated with local and foreign implementation of public policy, as well. Dhaka. The three grisly terror attacks fl y in the face absolute peace and tranquility. fans. causing the city to fast track, expand Brazil awaits you with open arms. of claims that IS has been signifi cantly weakened, This contingent of security Hosting events on this scale and even initiate many municipal personnel will work in an integrated represents both a momentous infrastructure and mobility projects. zMichel Temer is Brazil’s interim nor can any comfort be drawn from the assumption fashion, overseeing the protection accomplishment for the Brazilian The direct, favourable impact of president. that they were the product of the group’s frustration and its eff orts to stay relevant as it hurtles towards its predicted end. Ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the country has been rocked by sectarian strife which has continued even after the occupation forces left in 2011. Iraqi governments since then have failed to curb this menace, with religious tensions becoming an inevitable feature of life. The latest attacks have also dampened the euphoria of the Iraqi forces’ gains in their battle against the IS. Last week it was announced that Fallujah has been recaptured from the group, leaving Mosul as the only Iraqi city under the terror group’s control. IS said an Iraqi operative carried out the attack as part of “ongoing security operations”, adding that it had specifi cally targeted The attack Shias. However, Karrada is also a district sparked anger where a large number among Iraqis of Christians and other minorities have lived in who say the peace for decades. government has The attack sparked anger among Iraqis failed to provide and prompted Prime security to the Minister Haider al- Abadi to announce people eff orts to address longstanding fl aws in Baghdad’s security measures. His offi ce announced three days of national mourning for the victims of the attack and he vowed to “punish” the perpetrators of the blast. Al-Abadi announced a series of changes to security measures following the Sunday bombing, View of a pedestrian bridge connecting a station of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to the Olympic park in Rio de Janeiro. including scrapping the fake detectors, while ordering the deployment of Rapiscan security devices at checkpoints and other sensitive spots. All necessary care and measures in place Meanwhile, as the relatives of the dead struggled to come to terms with the tragedy, ordinary Iraqis vent By Ricardo Barros The proper measures to fi ght the Brasilia Aedes aegypti are still in eff ect, with their anger at the government. the backup of 3,000 health agents in IS “tactics are changing. Why does the Iraqi Rio. government have fi xed tactics?” a man asked at the e are During the event preparation site of the bombing, criticising the government’s just one phase, 51 test events were performed, month monitored by the ministry of health, “stupid checkpoints” and use of fake bomb detectors. Waway and no case of infection resulted from Abadi was met with an angry response when from the beginning them. he visited the site of the bombing, with one video of the greatest sports event in the Since May 3, the Olympic torch has planet. Brazil is expected to welcome passed through more than 100 cities, showing men throwing rocks at what was said to be representatives from around 200 and not a single case has been reported the premier’s convoy, while a man could be heard countries and 500,000 international either. cursing at him in another clip. tourists. Brazil has experience in organising The country’s healthcare system is big events, such as the World Cup. The White House has condemned the attack, so has the duly prepared for this big moment, There was also a fuss and Arab League, but that won’t come as any consolation to with preventive actions in place preoccupation back then regarding the people who have lost their loved ones. With close to against the Aedes aegypti, 24/7 a possible epidemic of dengue fever, 40 children too having perished in the blast, it will be a monitoring in the six cities hosting the but only three cases were reported in games and trained professionals who tourists. joyless Eid for many in Iraq this week. are qualifi ed to attend to emergencies. Protecting the health of Brazilians The circulation of the Zika virus, and tourists coming to this world spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, event is a priority to the federal will not hinder us from having a safe government, which has pledged to put To Advertise and unforgettable event for athletes, into eff ect appropriate measures to participants and spectators. protect peoples’ health. [email protected] The risks are minimal. I was recently in Geneva, Display A study published by the University The Velodrome at the Olympic park in Rio de Janeiro. Switzerland, and reaffi rmed to the Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 of Cambridge makes a forecast of less International Olympic Committee than one case of infection among the Overall, the virus is already mosquito, like home visits and that we would never risk the health of Classified 500,000 tourists. circulating in 60 countries, and public investment in monitoring athletes and tourists. Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 WHO specialists corroborated on Brazil represents 15% of the exposed and prevention, have caused an early Brazil is keeping all necessary care June 14 that the risk of propagation of population. fall of Zika rates - infection cases and measures so that the games are a Subscription the disease is very low. During the Games, Brazil will be in dropped 87% between February and historical milestone in sports. [email protected] During the games, trips to Rio will winter time, which is when diseases May of the current year. Therefore, come to the Olympic represent 0.25% of all travel to Zika- spread by the Aedes aegypti hit their The monitoring and follow-up Games! aff ected areas, according to United lower rate. of these data are still in progress by 2016 Gulf Times. All rights reserved States’ Centers for Disease Control In addition to that, the means of a partnership with the WHO, zRicardo Barros is Brazil’s minister of and Prevention (CDC). mobilisation actions to fight the in an absolutely transparent manner. health. Gulf Times Tuesday, July 5, 2016 27 COMMENT In Ali’s hometown, heirs to a boxing legacy

Louisville is the hometown and fi nal resting place of Muhammad Ali, who was buried there on June 10 in a send-off befi tting the three- time heavyweight champion

By Sébastien Blanc AFP/Louisville

n a nondescript concrete building in Louisville, Kentucky, the smell of sweat hangs in the air as Itwo teens in protective helmets and boxing gloves trade blows at lightning speed, propelled by shouts of encouragement. Sunshine streams in from a skylight overhead to illuminate the action at the centre of TKO club, where the heirs to Muhammad Ali’s storied Two youths doing pushups at the Louisville TKO Boxing Gymnasium in Louisville, legacy are determined to do him Kentucky. proud. Louisville is the hometown and fi nal said Malone, a youth counsellor by TKO founder James Dixon is resting place of the legendary fi ghter, training. an African-American man with who was buried there on June 10 in She described the boxing legend tattooed arms who first played the a send-off befi tting the three-time as not just a master tactician, but a role of sparring partner for his son heavyweight champion. Students sparring at the Louisville TKO Boxing Gymnasium in Louisville, Kentucky. The concrete building in Louisville, mesmerizing talent in the ring. and a handful of other kids in his At TKO, teens train in the hopes Kentucky looks like it might once have been a workshop or possibly a warehouse, but it now holds a boxing ring where “His footwork was just incredible, garage. they might be the next Muhammad heirs to Muhammad Ali’s storied legacy are determined to do him proud. A glow of neon and sunshine streaming in from a it was like he was dancing, like he had Louisville, a city with a storied Ali. skylight overhead illuminate the action at the centre of TKO club, where two teens wearing protective helmets and boxing a radio inside his head all the time,” boxing legacy thanks largely to Ali, On any given day, about 80 youths gloves are facing off . she said. had become “the laughing stock of the can be found training here, buoyed Malone’s young cousin Keilan country” at boxing competitions, he by the same quest for greatness that The young Louisville upstart came but, at the height of his fame, “The up what she said is the crux of Ali’s also trains at TKO, which takes its said. spurred Ali – even if they know that to be known for his way with words, Champ” – an American and global message. name from the boxing term technical In part, thanks to TKO, for the past boxing legends like him are rare. but fi rst he learned to let his fi sts do phenomenon. Malone came to boxing relatively knockout. few years, that has no longer been the “Nobody is close to Muhammad Ali the talking in the boxing ring. Even after his death, Ali remains late, but has established herself as one “I didn’t want to hang on the case. – he is way above everybody else,” said Clay started his training in 1954 at a larger-than-life presence, of the most gifted fi ghters at TKO - streets and stuff and hang with the “We’ve got about seven or eight 17-year-old Jeff rey Clancy, a strapping the age of 12 – about the same age as nowhere more so than in the bobbing, weaving and jabbing with wrong people,” he explains, “so I national champions in here,” Dixon youth naked from the waist up, with a many of the kids at TKO - training minds of these up-and-coming the best of them, fearlessly taking on decided to box to keep me off the says proudly. well-defi ned physique. at a nearby gym that is now part of boxers following in his prodigious a more solidly built opponent who she street.” “I think it’s due to the spirit of “He was so much ahead of his Spalding University, at a time when footsteps. subdues against the ropes. Nearby, another youngster, Leslye Muhammad Ali and I think it’s due time, it was ridiculous – nobody had Louisville was a segregated city at the Stephanie Malone, 24, a recent The young woman said Ali Harbin, describes the physical to (his) spirit that we work extremely really seen fast feet like that in the crossroads of the Midwest and the boxing recruit, says she has adopted remains for her an endless source of catharsis that he gets when he laces up hard,” he said. heavyweight division,” the teenager Deep South. Ali’s credo as her own. inspiration. his gloves. “This is the only city in the world said. He changed his name to “Be yourself and don’t let anybody “I love the way he fought, his head “Boxing will help me with my to have four heavyweight champions: Jeff rey began boxing 60 years after a Muhammad Ali, and rose to become dictate who you are, your drive, your movement, like, ‘I am going to hit anger,” he says. “Like, I will take it out Marvin Hart, Muhammad Ali, Jimmy young Cassius Clay took up the sport. not just Louisville’s favourite son, determination,” she says, summing you, but you’re not going to hit me’,” on a bag instead of a person.” Ellis and Greg Page.” Page 28 Letters Weather report Three-day forecast

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The press photo in the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ fight between Ali and Frazier signed by the two boxers. A frame from a video of Ali’s exhibition fight in Doha in 1971. Exhibition on Ali features 22 artefacts By Joey Aguilar honouring the life and achieve- The exhibition also features Staff Reporter ments of the three-time world an original script from the heavyweight boxing champion. fi lm, which was created about He was known as Cassius Clay Ali’s life in Hollywood. atar Museums will open before converting to Islam. Rees said most of the ob- on Thursday at the Mu- The fi rst of the two sections jects at the exhibition are from Qseum of Islamic Art shows Ali’s fi ghting career: the the Qatar Olympic and Sports (MIA) the fi rst exhibition dedi- fi ghts he won and some of the Museum collection while some cated to boxing legend and ac- famous and controversial ones items such as the ‘draft exemp- tivist Muhammad Ali since his such as his encounter with tion letter’ came from private death on June 3. Sonny Liston. lenders. Titled ‘Muhammad Ali: Trib- “It is a fi ght which people Asked about plans to make the ute to a Legend,’ the exhibition are still debating up to this exhibition permanent, she said a Gloves used by both Ali and Liston in their famous 1965 bout in Lewiston, Maine. PICTURES: Jayan Orma brings together 22 artefacts day whether Liston was actu- lot of the items will go to a sec- spanning the fi rst 18 years of his ally knocked down or not, so tion at the Khalifa International throughout the Arab world, Mu- rospective celebrates that, and 21-year professional boxing ca- we have the gloves (and origi- Stadium dedicated for various hammad Ali truly was ‘the great- his life following his sad pass- reer from 1960 to 1978. nal photo) from that fi ght,” athletes. est’ – an icon and inspiration as ing,” Qatar Museums consultant Organised under the patron- Rees noted. “For many in Qatar and an athlete and a man. This ret- Khalid Yousef al-Ibrahim said. age of Qatar Museums chairper- The same section also son HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint presents a press photo (signed Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, by both boxers) of the “Thrilla in this unique collection of arte- Manila” bout against Joe Frazier facts has been curated under the in the Philippines in 1975. auspices of the 3-2-1 Olympic This section also includes and Sports Museum, which will Ali’s boxing gloves from his be housed permanently at the other fi ghts and a separate glove redeveloped Khalifa Interna- that he signed personally after tional Stadium. winning a bout before going to “We have his boxing gloves, the Olympics in 1960. It also the original draft letter he displays his championship ring wrote to exempt himself, citing when he won three world cham- various reasons why he did not pionship titles as well as some want to go to Vietnam to fi ght,” memorabilia from his fi ght in Olympic and Sports Museum Syair in the 1970s. head of Conservation Susan According to Rees, the sec- Rees said at the press preview ond section has more of Ali’s yesterday. achievements and publicity Ali refused the draft to the US around his life, and his two vis- armed services in 1966 saying he its to Doha: one in 1971 and the was a ‘minister of religion,’ a rea- second was in 1991. son that forbids him to go to war. “We have some really great He was then banned from boxing footage from that visit, which is and caused him to lose his world showing in the auditorium next title from 1966 to 1971. to the exhibition,” she noted. However, Ali’s conviction was The offi cial pointed out they overturned on appeal and he have some original news clip- returned to the ring in 1970. He pings from his 1991 visit when visited Doha for an exhibition he toured the National Museum fi ght the following year. of Qatar, as well as a couple of The MIA offi cial said the photographs during his two Olympic and Sports Museum head of Conservation Susan Rees shows some of the artefacts from the temporary exhibition is about visits to Qatar. ‘Muhammad Ali: Tribute to a Legend’ exhibition. Qatar Museums’ Public and International Relations director Mohamed al-Othman shows a soon-to-be launched mobile app for the exhibition that allows users to watch a video clip by pointing it to a displayed object. PICTURE: Joey Aguilar

A clipping from Gulf Times’ sister Arabic daily Arrayah Al-Othman and Rees speak to reporters yesterday at the press preview The gloves used by Ali during his first fight against Liston in 1964. about Ali’s visit to Qatar. of the exhibition yesterday.